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Alfred Silvester – the Fakir of Oolu and his Family of Magic
Chapter Two
“... the aerial suspension act has become common property; it has been utilised in burlesque, while some persons have nearly made a serious drama of it. Many performers have done the trick as a dry, hard, fact; the only man who has got a spark of beauty and poetry out of it is the Fakir of Oolu.” - London and Provincial Entr'acte, July 4, 1874
The Entranced Lady
As Alfred Silvester returns to Britain in 1872, we examine the illusion which, more than any other of his feats, made him famous. The Entranced Lady was handed down and performed by all the later generations of Silvesters.
The “Aerial Suspension” was nothing like a new trick. The apparent magical suspension of a person leaning on a single pole, or seated in the air, can be traced back to the beginning of the 1800s, but the illusion we know today was created in 1847 by legendary French magician, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) as “La Suspension Ethéréene”. His son, Eugene, stepped up on a platform, itself seemingly without any support at one end, and stood on a stool with his arms resting on two upright poles. Under the supposed influence of a whiff of the new wonder-chemical, Ether, he became drowsy, and Robert-Houdin d
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Pride and Memory
Ebook424 pages6 hours
By Dante Cosentino
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About this ebook
This story traced the authors life through some of the most important events in recent American history. Spanning more than three quarters of a century and seen through the lens of the son of immigrants, it shows the defects and possibilities of the American Dream.
The author was involved, on a very personal level, in some of the most important political, cultural, and civil right issues of our time.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateSep 26, 2013
ISBN9781483693705
Dante Cosentino was born in Greenwich, Connecticut to Italian immigrant parents. He worked many jobs from drill press operator, to professor in college. He studied at Wayne State University, the New School for Social Research, Hunter College, San Francisco State University, San Diego State University and the University of California Santa Barbara, He received his B.A. From San Francisco State. His graduate work includes four Master Degrees. He fi nished all the course work for a PhD in philosophy at the University of California. Cosentino’s work has been published in poetry magazines and his essay on selfdeception has been published in a professional philosophy journal (The Philosophy Re
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