The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson, Aka Chung Ling Soo, the "marvelous Chinese Conjuger"
- ISBN-10
- 078671512X
- ISBN-13
- 9780786715121
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 451
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Pub
- Author
- Jim Steinmeyer
Description
A fascinating chronicle of the great Chinese illusionist Chung Ling reveals his mastery of magic and his double life as an American passing himself off as Chinese, which was revealed when he died dodging bullets during his performance of "Defying the Bullets."
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- 2006-04-11
- 464 pages
- Paperback
- Da Capo Press
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