The Erdnase Hunt PART 2
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“Expert at the Card Table” by S.W.Erdnase was called “the best book on cards” by Dai Vernon. It is a book about cheating techniques that was published in 1902 and has never been out of print since then. It inspired generations of magicians and is considered to be the bible of card magic by card magicians all over the world.
Considering the importance of this book for magic, it is fascinating that we do not know for sure who wrote it. It was published by an unknown author under the pseudonym S.W.Erdnase. Numerous magicians, detectives and historians dedicated years of their lives to the "Erdnase Hunt" in an attempt to find out who stood behind the name Erdnase.
Using only a handful of facts that was available to them, they managed to come up with several theories. These theories are absolutely fascinating and each of them is a thrilling detective story.
Sources used for this video
"Artifice, Ruse & Erdnase” by Hurt McDermott
(available here www.lybrary.com/artifice-ruse...)
“Rethinking S.W. Erdnase” by Thomas A. Sawyer
(available here www.lybrary.com/rethinking-sw...)
"The Man Who Was Erdnase" by Bart Whaley, Martin Gardner, Jeff Busby
Erdnase thread, Genii forum
forums.geniimagazine.com/view...
Genii Magazine (S.W. Erdnase) September 2011.
Vanishing Inc. Blog
www.vanishingincmagic.com/blog/
5 июл 2024