Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician

Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician — page 9
PRESENTING HARRY KELLAR N 1900 Americans loved magic shows and their favorite magician was Harry Kellar Kellar's stage performances sold out as people lined up to see his latest breathtaking illusion His face and reputation were known everywhere He traveled to five continents and became the first American born magician to gain worldwide celebrity THE FIRST AMERICAN BORN MAGICIAN TO GAIN WORLDWIDE CELEBRITY Harry Kellar is still admired by today's magicians But most people have never heard of him Instead they think of Harry Houdini as America s greatest magician Yet Kellar was born in America and Houdini was not Kellar was a more talented magician whose career lasted longer than Houdini's In fact Houdini idolized Kellar who was twenty five years Houdini's