{"product_id":"9780912509167","title":"Lives of the Conjurers Volume Two","description":"\"Lives of the Conjurers, Volume Two\"Biographies of magicians, mentalists, illusionists, prestidigitators, and fraudulent mediums of the past* CARDINI He seemed bewildered by his own magic* BLACKSTONE \"The Last of the Great Magicians\"* LEON MANDRAKE He wore a turban or a top hat -depending on the gig* DUNNINGER Was it true that the renowned mindreader couldn't read the mind of a gnat?* DAVENPORT BROTHERS Their spirit cabinet brought them fame. But were they mediums or magicians?* PROFESSOR NEUMAN He had MISread a mind-and the police hauled him away* THE GREAT LESTER Did he have the exclusive rights to that name?* GEORGE MELIES A magician who transformed himself into a filmmaker* CHARLIER No one knew where he came from-or where he finally went* MAX MALINI He learned his trade as a youth, in a bar on the Bowery* MYRUS THE MENTALIST An ordinary fellow with extraordinary powers?* JOHN CALVERT At the age of a hundred he was still performing* DE SARAK Was he a Tibetan adept, with psychic powers, or an egregious fraud?* THE BANANA MAN From the pockets of his coat he pulled hundreds of bananas* PROFESSOR SOLOMON As promised, he produced an elephant (or at least its trunk)* DANTINI THE MAGNIFICENT Magician-in-residence at a Baltimore barIllustrated.","brand":"Top Hat Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48505572458737,"sku":"9780912509167","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780912509167_p0.jpg?v=1786051916","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780912509167","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}