Alexander The Man Who Knows

The man who knows.

Alexander the man who knows.

Start by marking alexander the man who knows as want to read. A charismatic showman alexander reinvented the psychic act and enjoyed a popularity matched by few if any of his contemporaries. A unique alexander image. Starting out as a stage illusionist alexander eventually discarded the large props and relied on his tremendous skills as a showman to put over an act of mentalism and psychic readings.

His real fortune was made by doing private readings for large fees. Alexander the man who knows. Alexander the man who knows by david charvet. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.

Here was an average magic performer copying acts from other magicians including houdini s escape act striving for a successful formula. Claude alexander conlin june 30 1880 august 5 1954 also known as alexander c. Originally from alexandria south dakota alexander launched his career around 1915 performing on the vaudeville stage and also giving private readings. Very successful as a stage magician alexander became more world famous for his psychic abilities.

The life and times of alexander the man who knows. Dressed in turban and flowing robes he gazed into a crystal and read peoples pasts and futures and answered questions from sealed envelopes. As the turbaned man who knows alexander earned four million dollars over the course of a relatively short career during the 1920s. A tribute today to the mentalist known as alexander claude alexander conlin 1880 1954 billed sometimes as the crystal seer sometimes as the man who knows.

Though he did perform some conventional magic in his act his reputation maker was a segment in which he answered questions mentally sent to him by audience members. The irs claimed that after he retired for the first time in the early 1920 s he owed them over 3 million in back taxes. Alexander the man who. Free shipping on qualifying offers.

Alexander alexander the crystal seer and alexander the man who knows was an american spiritual author vaudeville magician who specialized in mentalism and psychic reading acts dressed in oriental style robes and a feathered turban and often used a crystal ball as a prop. The life and times of alexander the man who knows. Between 1915 and 1924 alexander the man who knows astounded theater audiences performing feats of mind reading and psychic prediction that defied explanation. Alexander s story is surrounded by intrique controversy and a mixture of fact and fiction much coming from alexander himself.

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