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Difference between revisions of "Erdnase"
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Author of [[Expert at the Card Table]]. | Author of [[Expert at the Card Table]]. | ||
| − | Erdnase is not the author's real name. | + | S. W. Erdnase is not the author's real name. |
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| + | Erdnase's true identity is one of the enduring mysteries of the magic community. | ||
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| + | == Research into the identity of Erdnase == | ||
| + | [[Martin Gardner]]'s research proposes that the real Erdnase was Milton Franklin Andrews, and that the book was ghost-written by [[William John Hilliar]]. (S. W. Erdnase spelled backwards is E. S. Andrews, lending support to the theory that Andrews was the author's last name) | ||
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| + | Todd Karr has identified a Midwestern-based con artist named E. S. Andrews who was active around the turn of the century and whose biography seems to fit Erdnase's. | ||
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| + | == Erdnase, The Musical == | ||
| + | Peregrine Arts is in the process of developing, for Spring 2008, "Who Killed Erdnase?", a new music-theater work by the Ridge Theater and Gavin Bryars team in conjunction with author Glen David Gold. [http://www.philadelphiamusicproject.org/magazine/2006/Presenters.html] [http://www.peregrinearts.org/events.html] | ||
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| + | ==External Resources and References== | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdnase Wikipedia article] | ||
| + | *[http://geniimagazine.com/forum/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000947 Genii Forum Topic on Erdnase] | ||
| + | *[http://www.geniimagazine.com/back_issues/2000/index.html January 2000 Genii - New Light on Erdnase by David Alexander] | ||
| + | * [http://www.erdnase.com/ Erdnase.com] | ||
| + | * The Man Who Was Erdnase by Bart Whaley and Martin Gardner and Jeff Busby ISBN: 9781563010002 | ||
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Revision as of 15:08, 7 December 2007
Author of Expert at the Card Table.
S. W. Erdnase is not the author's real name.
Erdnase's true identity is one of the enduring mysteries of the magic community.
Research into the identity of Erdnase
Martin Gardner's research proposes that the real Erdnase was Milton Franklin Andrews, and that the book was ghost-written by William John Hilliar. (S. W. Erdnase spelled backwards is E. S. Andrews, lending support to the theory that Andrews was the author's last name)
Todd Karr has identified a Midwestern-based con artist named E. S. Andrews who was active around the turn of the century and whose biography seems to fit Erdnase's.
Erdnase, The Musical
Peregrine Arts is in the process of developing, for Spring 2008, "Who Killed Erdnase?", a new music-theater work by the Ridge Theater and Gavin Bryars team in conjunction with author Glen David Gold. [1] [2]
External Resources and References
- Wikipedia article
- Genii Forum Topic on Erdnase
- January 2000 Genii - New Light on Erdnase by David Alexander
- Erdnase.com
- The Man Who Was Erdnase by Bart Whaley and Martin Gardner and Jeff Busby ISBN: 9781563010002
