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Conjuring is a book by James Randi
James Randi

James Randi is a Magician and Scientific skepticism best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge,...
. Randi gives a detailed history of conjuring, more commonly known as magic
Magic (illusion)

Magic is a performing art that entertains an audience by creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats, using purely natural means....
. Said to be the world's second oldest profession, Randi's illustrated volume tells the story of magic and its bizarre history. Using detailed portraits of the conjurers themselves, including the Harry Blackstone, Sr.
Harry Blackstone, Sr.

Harry Blackstone was a famed stage Magician and illusionist of the 20th century. Blackstone was born Harry Boughton, of Jewish parents and was raised in Chicago, Illinois....
, Harry Blackstone, Jr.
Harry Blackstone, Jr.

Harry Blackstone, Jr. was an United States stage magic , author, and television performer.He received the Magician of the Year Award in 1979 and 1985....
, Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini was a Jewish Hungarian-American magic and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer, as well as a skeptic and investigator of spiritualists....
 and his entourage, Howard Thurston
Howard Thurston

Howard Thurston was a stage Magician from Columbus, Ohio....
, Robert Heller
Robert Heller

Robert Heller, also Joseph Heller, , was an England magic , mentalist, and musician. The year of his birth is the subject of some speculation; some sources list it as 1829 while others claim 1830....
, Joe Berg
Joe Berg

Joe Berg was a professional magician and magic dealer who lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois and Hollywood, CA.. He was born in Pinsk, Russian Empire and immigrated to the U.S....
, and others.

Randi also explains the history of the more famous magic tricks like the Rabbit from a hat, Bullet catch
Bullet catch

The bullet catch is a conjuring illusion in which a Magician appears to catch a bullet fired directly at him – often in his mouth, sometimes in his hand....
, and the Indian rope trick
Indian rope trick

The Indian rope trick is stage magic said to have been performed in and around India about the 1800s. Sometimes described as "the world?s greatest illusion", it involved a magician, a length of rope, and one or more boy assistants....
.








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Conjuring is a book by James Randi
James Randi

James Randi is a Magician and Scientific skepticism best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge,...
. Randi gives a detailed history of conjuring, more commonly known as magic
Magic (illusion)

Magic is a performing art that entertains an audience by creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats, using purely natural means....
. Said to be the world's second oldest profession, Randi's illustrated volume tells the story of magic and its bizarre history. Using detailed portraits of the conjurers themselves, including the Harry Blackstone, Sr.
Harry Blackstone, Sr.

Harry Blackstone was a famed stage Magician and illusionist of the 20th century. Blackstone was born Harry Boughton, of Jewish parents and was raised in Chicago, Illinois....
, Harry Blackstone, Jr.
Harry Blackstone, Jr.

Harry Blackstone, Jr. was an United States stage magic , author, and television performer.He received the Magician of the Year Award in 1979 and 1985....
, Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini was a Jewish Hungarian-American magic and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer, as well as a skeptic and investigator of spiritualists....
 and his entourage, Howard Thurston
Howard Thurston

Howard Thurston was a stage Magician from Columbus, Ohio....
, Robert Heller
Robert Heller

Robert Heller, also Joseph Heller, , was an England magic , mentalist, and musician. The year of his birth is the subject of some speculation; some sources list it as 1829 while others claim 1830....
, Joe Berg
Joe Berg

Joe Berg was a professional magician and magic dealer who lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois and Hollywood, CA.. He was born in Pinsk, Russian Empire and immigrated to the U.S....
, and others.

Randi also explains the history of the more famous magic tricks like the Rabbit from a hat, Bullet catch
Bullet catch

The bullet catch is a conjuring illusion in which a Magician appears to catch a bullet fired directly at him – often in his mouth, sometimes in his hand....
, and the Indian rope trick
Indian rope trick

The Indian rope trick is stage magic said to have been performed in and around India about the 1800s. Sometimes described as "the world?s greatest illusion", it involved a magician, a length of rope, and one or more boy assistants....
.

External links

  • New York Times, June 13, 1994.