| The Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician Contributor(s): Jarrow, Gail (Author) |
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ISBN: 1590788656 ISBN-13: 9781590788653 Publisher: Calkins Creek Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Performing Arts - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2011940465 |
| Lexile Measure: 910 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.8" W x 11.3" (1.60 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 151710 Reading Level: 6.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Presenting the amazing Harry Kellar The first magician to receive international fame The most well-known illusionist at the turn of the twentieth century The model for the Wizard of Oz Author Gail Jarrow follows Kellar from a magician's assistant traveling and performing across the United States during the Civil War to an international superstar with a show of his own, entertaining emperors, kings, and presidents. Jarrow uses Kellar's own words and images--his amazing four-color promotional posters--to tell his riveting story in this first Kellar biography for young readers. And she reveals the science behind Kellar's illusions and explores nineteenth-century entertainment and transportation as well as the history of magic, spiritualism, and s ances. |