Dai Vernon: A Biography by David Ben - Book

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„...fascinierende und schnelle Biografie...Ben sorgt dafür, dass die Geschichte hier sowohl für Fachleute als auch für Anhänger erzählt wird.“

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• The Washington Post
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• Eine detaillierte und menschliche Portrayal eines Genies und der Epoche, die ihn zu ihrem erobernden Helden verehrte.
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• M.U.M. Magazine: Ein fesselnder Lesestoff und ein Beispiel für wissenschaftliche Arbeiten, die sich wahrscheinlich als Vernon-Biografie halten werden. Es gehört sicherlich zu den besten Magierbiografien und Autobiografien, die wir genießen dürfen.
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• Genii Magazine: David Ben bringt diesen neuen Charakter aus der Geschichte lebendig wieder in seine wunderbare Erzählung. Mit gründlicher Forschung, tiefem Verständnis für das Magiehandwerk und breiter Kenntnis der künstlerischen Geschichte des Magiehandwerks hat sich Mr. Ben als idealer Kandidat erwiesen, um die unbestritten schwierige Aufgabe zu übernehmen, den Magiern eine von großer Bedeutung erzählend.
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Dai Vernon: der letzte große unbekannte Künstler des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sein Medium war das Magiehandwerk und mit ihm veränderte Vernon die geheime Welt des Konjurationstums auf seine Art durch virtuose Fingerspitzenmeisterleistungen und eine stete Verfolgung der Perfektion.

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Geboren 1894 in Ottawa, Sohn eines kanadischen Beamten, zog Vernon 1915 nach New York - Manhattan – und sah nie wieder zurück. Wunder strömten aus seinen Fingern - unbeschwert. Die Quelle seiner Geheimnisse? Das Unterweltreich der Glücksspieler, Händler, Trickster und Betrüger, die in dunklen Räumen, Gefängniszellen und auf den Straßen Amerikas herumlungerten. Vernon suchte sie aus, freundete sich mit ihnen an und machte ihre Arbeit, ihre geheimen Methoden zu seinen eigenen.

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Dieses Buch, das erste umfassende Examen von Vernons Leben, verfolgt die erste Hälfte seines bemerkenswerten Weges – durch Ottawa, Coney Island, Chicago, Manhattan, Kansas City und Colorado Springs – und die Bekannten, die Vernon auf seiner Reise traf: Houdini, Billy Rose und Roosevelt.

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Dai Vernon: Eine Biografie dokumentiert auch den evolutionären Prozess des Magiehandwerks im 20. Jahrhundert. Von den Bühnen Londons und Paris bis in die hinteren Räume der Magiewarenhäuser, wo Geheimnisse gehandelt wurden, führt Vernors Leben und Werk den Leser durch Vaudeville, Broadway-Theater, großartige Magie-Spektakel, New Yorker Nachtleben und das Anbruch der Fernsehzeit. Hier sind endlich die Grundsteine des Handwerks für alle sichtbar gelegt worden.

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Seitenzahl: 370 - Harte Abdeckung mit farbiger Umschlagabdeckung - 6" x 9" - über 40 seltenen Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografien

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Originale englische Beschreibung

"...fascinating and fast-moving biography...Ben takes care to present the story here to appeal to insiders and laymen alike."
- The Washington Post

"A detailed and humanizing portrait of a genius and the age that hailed him as its conquering hero."
- MAGIC Magazine

"This book is a compelling read and an example of scholarship that will likely survive as the Vernon biography. It surely ranks among the very best of magic biographies and autobiographies given us to enjoy."
- M.U.M. Magazine

"David Ben brings this new character back from history and very much to life in his marvelous tale. Combining meticulous research, a deep understanding of the workings of magic, and broad insight into magic's artistic history, Mr. Ben turns out to have been an ideal candidate to assume the undeniably daunting task of telling magicians a story of immense importance."
- Genii Magazine

Dai Vernon: the last great undiscovered artist of the 20th century.

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.

Born in 1894 in Ottawa, the son of a Canadian civil servant, Vernon moved to New York - Manhattan - in 1915, and never looked back. Miracles flowed from his fingertips - effortlessly. 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. Vernon sought them out, befriended them, and made their work, their covert methods, his. 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.

Dai Vernon: A Biography also details the evolution of magic in the 20th century. 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. Here, cornerstones of the craft have finally been laid bare for all to see.

Pages: 370 - Hardbound with full-color dust jacket - 6" x 9" - over 40 black and white rare photographs

Originale englische Beschreibung

"...fascinating and fast-moving biography...Ben takes care to present the story here to appeal to insiders and laymen alike."
- The Washington Post

"A detailed and humanizing portrait of a genius and the age that hailed him as its conquering hero."
- MAGIC Magazine

"This book is a compelling read and an example of scholarship that will likely survive as the Vernon biography. It surely ranks among the very best of magic biographies and autobiographies given us to enjoy."
- M.U.M. Magazine

"David Ben brings this new character back from history and very much to life in his marvelous tale. Combining meticulous research, a deep understanding of the workings of magic, and broad insight into magic's artistic history, Mr. Ben turns out to have been an ideal candidate to assume the undeniably daunting task of telling magicians a story of immense importance."
- Genii Magazine

Dai Vernon: the last great undiscovered artist of the 20th century.

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.

Born in 1894 in Ottawa, the son of a Canadian civil servant, Vernon moved to New York - Manhattan - in 1915, and never looked back. Miracles flowed from his fingertips - effortlessly. 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. Vernon sought them out, befriended them, and made their work, their covert methods, his. 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.

Dai Vernon: A Biography also details the evolution of magic in the 20th century. 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. Here, cornerstones of the craft have finally been laid bare for all to see.

Pages: 370 - Hardbound with full-color dust jacket - 6" x 9" - over 40 black and white rare photographs