**[DISCONTINUED]** BOOK- Riddle Of Chung Ling Soo

This book is brand new.
It is on CLOSEOUT because it has been discontinued and this is the last of our remaining stock.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Chung Ling Soo (April 2, 1861 - March 24, 1918), born William Ellsworth Robinson, died on the stage of London's Wood Green Empire when his bullet catching routine went wrong.
During his early career, William Ellsworth Robinson called himself Robinson, the Man of Mystery.
To increase his allure with a touch of exoticism, he changed his name to Chung Ling Soo and took his show to Europe.
He took the name as a variation of a real Chinese stage magician - Ching Ling Foo - and performed many of the tricks that Foo had made famous.
Chung Ling Soo maintained his role as a Chinese man scrupulously. He never spoke onstage and always used an interpreter when he spoke to journalists.
Only his friends and other stage magicians knew the truth.
He then became the idol of the English Music Halls and associated with the likes of Harry Houdini, Karry Kellar, Horace Goldin, and other magicians of the day.
His mysterious death during his performance of the Bullet Catching Trick, may have been an accident, suicide, or murder-
It is a mystery that has never been fully explained!
If you've never read about the enigmatic Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson), then you owe it to yourself to pick up a copy of The Riddle of Chung Ling Soo.
You'll be treated to a story about the life of one of magic's great practitioners, including his beginnings, the height of his career, and his sudden departure from the stage.
Do yourself a favor a travel in Soo's shoes for a while.