CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET So So you want to be a magician Well you've come to the right place There are many secrets waiting for you inside this book By the time you're finished reading you will be a master of the classic magic tricks Let's begin THURSTON THE GREAT MAGICIAN THE WONDER SHOW OF THE UNIVERSE WHAT IS CLASSIC MAGIC In the late 1800s and early 1900s a golden age of magic began Magicians performed on stage in front of crowds of people who couldn't believe their eyes A lot of classic magic tricks were made popular in these times The magicians would pretend to make people float make objects disappear or talk to dead people DO THE SPIRITS COME BACK A Magician's Poster 1915 4
There have been many books and records of magic throughout history The ancient Egyptians wrote about magic around 5,000 years ago Magic was also written about in the 1500s when witches were said to practice an evil kind of magic People were scared of magic back then and magicians and witches were sometimes hunted by people who were frightened of them Today many people love magic Classic magic is performed at parties on stage and on TV Because everybody knows about classic magic many magicians today like to do a different version or even uncover the secret behind the tricks Derren Brown shows people that magicians can’t actually talk to the dead 5 History of Classic Magic Classic Magic Today
