Learned pigs & fireproof women / Ricky Jay.

A magician himself, the author offers a history of magicians and other performers, including animals trained to do arithmetic and limbless people able to play musical instruments.

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Main Author: Jay, Ricky
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Villard Books, 1986.
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300 |a ix, 343 p., [16] p. of plates :  |b ill. (some col.) ;  |c 29 cm. 
500 |a Includes index. 
500 |a Subtitle on cover: Unique, eccentric & amazing entertainers ... stone eaters, mind readers, poison resisters, daredevils, singing mice, etc., etc., etc., etc. 
520 |a A magician himself, the author offers a history of magicians and other performers, including animals trained to do arithmetic and limbless people able to play musical instruments. 
505 0 |a 1. HARRY KAHNE: THE MULTIPLE MENTAL MARVEL -- 2. PORCINE PROPHETS AND PIG-FACED LADIES -- 3. ATTENUATION AS ART: WILLARD, THE MAN WHO GROWS -- 4. MORE THAN THE SUM OF THEIR PARTS: MATTHEW BUCHINGER, SARAH BIFFIN, AND OTHER ANOMALIES OF NATURE -- 5. BLIND TOM -- 6. MAX MALINI: THE LAST OF THE MOUNTEBANKS -- 7. DATAS: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH -- 8. EQUINE AMUSEMENTS -- 9. GENIUS OR CHARLATAN? WALFORD BODIE, M.D. -- 10. BORN TO A DRIER DEATH THAN DIVING: SAMUEL GILBERT SCOTT AND OTHER DAREDEVILS -- 11. A FEW WORDS ABOUT DEATH AND SHOW BIZ: WASHINGTON IRVING BISHOP, J. RANDALL BROWN, AND THE ORIGINS OF MODERN MIND READING -- 12. LAROCHE: THE SISYPHUS OF THE CIRCUS WORLD -- 13. ARTHUR LLOYD: THE HUMOROUS HUMAN CARD INDEX -- 14. ENTEROLOGY: GETTING INTO BOXES, BOTTLES, AND TROUBLE WITH SEAMUS BURKE AND OTHERS -- 15. INCOMBUSTIBLE MEN AND FIREPROOF WOMEN -- 16. STONES, SWORDS, SNAKES, AND OTHER ENTREES -- 17. LE PETOMANE: THE END. 
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