All the Secrets of Magic Revealed by Herbert L. Becker

Foreword ix
Introduction xv
David Copperfield, The All-Time Greatest Magician 1
Copperfield’s Museum: The Preservation of the History of Magic 6
More Facts and Notes about David Copperfield 9
The Secrets of David CopperfiekTs Project Magic 11
The Impossible Knot 11
The Jumping Rubber Band 17
The Challenge Jumping Rubber Band 20
Linking Paper Clips 22
Robert Houdin, Father of Modern Magic 25
Tip Over Trunk 28
Broomstick Suspension 30
Indian Rope Trick 32
Howard Thurston, Magic Reborn 35
Levitation 37
Flash Production 38
Black Art Magic 40
Harry Kellar, Master Magician 45
Dollhouse Illusion 48
Circle, Square and Square, Circle 51
S-Suspension 55
Harry Houdini, The Escape Artist 59
Substitution Trunk 63
Walking through a Brick Wall 66
Pea Shell Game 68
Houdini’ s Water Torture Cell 69
Hardeen, Brother of Houdini 73
Chair Suspension 75
Sawing a Woman in Half 77
Walter Gibson, The Writer 81
Linking Rings 83
Sword Cabinet 85
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Mark Wilson, The New Magician 89
Sword Suspension 91
Needle through Balloon 93
Doug Henning, Magic of the Seventies 95
Zigzag 97
Mismatch Woman 100
Water Jet Suspension 102
Floating Ball 108
Kreskin, Mind Reader 113
Bag of Money 116
Lock and Key 117
Find the Paycheck 118
ESP and Social Security Numbers 120
Kardeen, The Next Generation 123
Straitjacket Escape 125
Woman to Tiger 126
Siegfried and Roy, Doing the Impossible 131
Removing the Middle 133
Tiger to Assistant 134
The Final Word 141
Index 143