Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear cover
Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
by Jim Steinmeyer
ISBN: 0786714018
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lowdose · 2020-01-03 · Original thread
Talking about magic I came across this one last week. Robert Houdin hired by Napoleon III to perform a magic trick in Africa to convince the local tribes France magic was stronger than theirs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Eug%C3%A8ne_Robert-Houdin

https://www.amazon.com/Hiding-Elephant-Magicians-Impossible-...