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The glorious deception
the double life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the "marvelous Chinese conjurer"
By Steinmeyer, Jim
- ISBN
- 978-0-78671-512-1
- Publisher
- New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2005
He billed himself as "the Original Chinese Conjurer," but in truth Chung Ling Soo was William Ellsworth Robinson (1861-1918), born in New York City. Rob, as he was known to his friends, spent years learning the trade of magic, working for conjurers in vaudeville and performing his own tricks before small crowds. It was a famous conjurer truly from China, Ching Ling Foo, who prompted Robinson to offer his ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
