Product Overview
Presenting the amazing Harry Kellar! The first magician to receive international fame! The most well-known illusionist at the turn of the twentieth century! The model for the Wizard of Oz! Author Gail Jarrow follows Kellar from a magicians assistant traveling and performing across the United States during the Civil War to an international superstar with a show of his own, entertaining emperors, kings, and presidents. Jarrow uses Kellars own words and imageshis amazing four-color promotional postersto tell his riveting story in this first Kellar biography for young readers. And she reveals the science behind Kellars illusions and explores nineteenth-century entertainment and transportation as well as the history of magic, spiritualism, and sances.
