Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
"A rope rises up into the air. A boy climbs up the rope and when the boy gets to the top he vanishes into thin air," explains Lamont, winner of the Jeremy Dalziel prize in British History, about a tall tale that found its way into legend. The rope trick is one of the most successful hoaxes of all time, created by an amateur magician and printed in the Chicago Tribune in 1890. Despite a later admission that the story was false, it continued to spread in newspapers and journals throughout the world. Some claimed to have seen the trick performed on trips to India. Others added their own spin to the tale. Using the original legend as a starting point, Lamont, who has performed as a magician and psychic, explores how easily people will believe stories that are fed to them as truth despite all logical senses and their outright impossibility.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Showing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
The rise of the Indian rope trick: how a spectacular hoax became history
2005, Thunder's Mouth Press
in English
- 1st U.S. ed.
1560256613 9781560256618
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
The rise of the Indian rope trick: how a spectacular hoax became history
2005, Abacus
in English
0349118248 9780349118246
|
eeee
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
The rise of the Indian rope trick: the biography of a legend
2004, Little, Brown
in English
0316724300 9780316724302
|
eeee
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Source records
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created September 23, 2008
- 9 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
March 7, 2023 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
September 10, 2015 | Edited by ImportBot | import new book |
August 18, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
April 16, 2010 | Edited by bgimpertBot | Added goodreads ID. |
September 23, 2008 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from Oregon Libraries MARC record |