I could not get enough of all the stories and the details.
The book transported me to the Vernon days. One of the things that i liked very much about this book is the fact that it's filled with instructions and technique for the magician and the cheat, despite the fact th What an awesome book. The legendary encounter with the mythological center dealer, Allen Kennedy, is here and thousands of other amazing gems from the fantastic life of David Wingfield Frederick Verner. Hardbound, 370 pages with over 40 rare photographs and a full-color dust jacket.more Here, cornerstones of the craft have finally been laid bare for all to see. From the stages of London and Paris to the back rooms of magic emporiums where secrets were bought and sold, Vernon's life and work escort the reader through vaudeville, Broadway theaters, grand magic spectaculars, New York nightspots and the dawn of television. This book, the first in-depth examination of Vernon's life, traces the first half of his remarkable journey - through Ottawa, Coney Island, Chicago, Manhattan, Kansas City and Colorado Springs - and the celebrities - Houdini, Billy Rose, and Roosevelt, that Vernon encountered along the way.ĭai Vernon: A Biography also details the evolution of magic in the 20th century. Vernon sought them out, befriended them, and made their work, their covert methods, his. The source of his secrets? The underworld and the gamblers, husters and con-men that roamed back-room dens of iniquity, bunked in jail cells and walked the streets of America. Miracles flowed from his fingertips - effortlessly. Miracles flowe Dai Vernon: the last great undiscovered artist of the 20th century.īorn in 1894 in Ottawa, the son of a Canadian civil servant, Vernon moved to New York - Manhattan - in 1915, and never looked back. His medium was magic and with it, Vernon turned the clandestine world of conjuring on its ear with virtuoso sleight-of-hand and a dogged pursuit for perfection.īorn in 1894 in Ottawa, the son of a Canadian civil servant, Vernon moved to New York - Manhattan - in 1915, and never looked back.
Dai Vernon: the last great undiscovered artist of the 20th century.
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