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The Georgia Wonder Lulu Hearst Magnetic Girl and "Strongman" Stage Magic

Description: IMPORTANT: please note - This book is in essentially the same condition as when it was when received by the publisher. No marks have been added to the pages and the pages are clean and intact. There may be slight wrinkles, bubbles, or other imperfections in the dust covers or the book covers from the factory production and handling, or by the shipping process to me when they were first purchased: These types of imperfections are likely the result of mass production issues even with specialized books like these. I can assure the buyer that no damage has occurred to this book while it has been in my possession, and it has been carefully stored and treated. Upon arrival, the dust jacket was removed and stored separately as is my habit, but they will be replaced on the book before shipping. If you have specific concerns about a particular book that I have for sale, contact me. From the publisher: "Lulu Hurst and the Secret That Shook America" is the most complete treatise on the magnetic girl act ever produced; 414 pages of the real magic and history of a unique and astonishing act In 1884, fifteen year old Lula (later Lulu) Hurst discovered that she could apparently set aside the laws of physics at will. Leaving her home in Cedar Valley, Georgia, she went on stage to demonstrate her “Power”. Billed as the Georgia Wonder or the Georgia Magnet, Lulu apparently exuded a mysterious power that prevented men much stronger than her from moving her or from resisting her. In a typical situation, with one hand, Lulu threw a Sumo wrestler off the stage at Warrick’s Theatre in New York. Two years later, Hurst abruptly retired having earned the equivalent of a million dollars and never looked back. The Georgia Wonder examines her career and includes the complete text of her now rare Autobiography, published in 1897. In the appendix of the book, the complete Hurst act is taught along with explanations of other feats from scarce periodicals. Pages 414 - Hardbound "One of the strongest men on the stage got up, and with the grip of a vise took hold of the cane with each hand and held it out horizontally in front of him...I place one of my hands on the cane, with the palm against it, about midway between his hands.... As we stood thus, the big man grim and solemn...his muscles knotted like corrugated iron...began to quiver, and then to totter, and then to brace himself, and then to lose his balance, and then to dance, and then to jump, and in the next instant he tumbled into a heap in the corner of the stage..." LULU HURST-1897 . Fourteen-year-old Lulu Hurst liked to play practical jokes, but when one of them got out of hand Lulu suddenly found herself proclaimed "The Wonder of the Nineteenth Century." Her act consisted of a number of tests in which she seemed to exude a mysterious force that made her more than a match for men much larger and stronger than herself. Her "Power" gave her a supernatural strength without her showing the least muscular effort. She was able to withstand the pushing of several men without budging or seeming to exert any appreciable counter force- and with one foot raised off the floor. With one hand she pushed renowned athletes around the stage and into the scenery. And she lifted a chair with three large men piled onto it six inches off the ground. All this she accomplished without hidden devices, using just the few ungimmicked props in plain sight-a pool cue or cane, a chair, an umbrella-and a handful of remarkable secrets. Lulu Hurst's act was one of the most unusual, original and mysterious show-business phenomena of the 1800s. When only fifteen, she hit the road for two sensational years. Playing the biggest theaters in the country, from coast to coast, drawing full houses, she quickly amassed a substantial fortune. Then, after two years of touring to tremendous success, and with the theater doors of England and Europe swinging wide to welcome her, Lulu Hurst, at the age of sixteen, abruptly and mysteriously retired from the stage. The Georgia Wonder gives an in-depth account of Lulu Hurst's brief and amazing career. The centerpiece of The Georgia Wonder is Lulu Hurst's own 1897 autobiography. With this book Miss Hurst astonished America a second time. Her autobiography is in part a transparently glamorized puff piece for her and her act. But what astonished its readers was Lulu's own forthright exposure of the secrets behind her tests. She explained not only the hidden principles behind her feats, but also the requisite presentation and psychology. Barry H. Wiley's deep knowledge of the period and the history of spiritualist mediums adds further insight, occasionally debunking Hurst when she embellishes her truly amazing career with a few details that are larger than fact. To Hurst's self-exposé Wiley has compiled newspaper reports, a revealing scientific evaluation and the most comprehensive explanation of Magnetic Girl feats ever assembled. As Paul Daniels recently proved on his television show, the Hurst act is as amazing and entertaining to modern audiences as it was to those of the past. Barry H. Wiley adds valuable historical corrections and information to complete the chronicle of Lulu Hurst's remarkable story and the secrets of an extraordinary act that remains so to this day.

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Location: Euclid, Ohio

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