Screen LibraryThe magical life of Long Tack Sam
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Riverhead Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 170 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781594482649 1594482640 |
| Index Number: | K828 |
| CLC: | K828.9 |
| Call Number: | K828.9/L849F |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-169). A full-color graphic memoir inspired by the award-winning documentary-and the life and mystery of China's greatest magician. Who was Long Tack Sam? He was born in 1885. He ran away from Shangdung Province to join the circus. He was an acrobat. A magician. A comic. An impresario. A restaurateur. A theater owner. A world traveler. An East-West ambassador. A mentor to Orson Welles. He was considered the greatest act in the history of vaudeville. In this gorgeous graphic memoir, his great-granddaughter, the artist and filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming, resurrects his fascinating life for the rest of t |