The rise of the Indian rope trick: how a spectacular hoax became history
Arts and entertainment, United States history, Games, Criticism, European history
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
British historian specializing in magic researches the famous but fictitious trick that supposedly originated in India in the 1890s. Discusses the journalistic sources of the hoax and previous efforts to debunk it, as well as the western world's gullibility and fascination with mysteries of the East. 2004
Title Details
ISBN
9781560256618
Publisher
Thunder's Mouth Press
Copyright Date
2005
Book number
5690513
Braille details for CELA title
Volumes
5
Braille code
EBAE
Braille producer
Associated Services for the Blind