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The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick

A historical study tracing the modern legend of the Indian rope trick to a Victorian newspaper hoax and situating it within Western Orientalism and the appetite for an inexplicable East.

Author: Peter Lamont
Type: Book
Written: 2004
Edition: 2004
Publisher: Little, Brown
Language: English
Tradition: Magic
Identifiers: ISBN9780316724302

Where to find it

Google Books — The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: The Biography of a Legend
Wikipedia — Peter Lamont (historian)