Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear | 
pickThis was a comprehensive history of the golden age of magic. At times it read a bit like a dull textbook. It further cemented how much of an ass Houdini was. Yet, I have to admit, the book was always a bit more interesting when profiling him and his massive ego. Most of all, this book made me wish magicians still had TV specials like Copperfield and Henning did when I was a kid! 3.5/5
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TheAromaofBooks Those huge-ego guys are obnoxious, yet sometimes they really do seem to need that ego to accomplish what they do 😂 2y
JoeMo @TheAromaofBooks It‘s so true, and they‘re often the ones that get remembered by history. Like in Houdini‘s case, he was a great escape artist but a so-so magician….but he‘s the most remembered magician ever! It certainly helps he died when relatively young and there have been mysteries surrounding him between the false stories about his death and the Halloween seances his wife held annually to try and make contact with him. (edited) 2y
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