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The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam

Ann Marie Fleming - Author

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ISBN 9781594482649 | 176 pages | 04 Sep 2007 | Riverhead | 8.26 x 5.23in | 18 - AND UP
Awards
  • Doug Wright Award - Best Book: Winner 2008
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A full-color graphic memoir inspired by the award-winning documentary-and the life and mystery of China's greatest magician.

Who was Long Tack Sam?

He was born in 1885. He ran away from Shangdung Province to join the circus. He was an acrobat. A magician. A comic. An impresario. A restaurateur. A theater owner. A world traveler. An East-West ambassador. A mentor to Orson Welles. He was considered the greatest act in the history of vaudeville.

In this gorgeous graphic memoir, his great-granddaughter, the artist and filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming, resurrects his fascinating life for the rest of the world. It's an exhilarating testament to a forgotten man. And every picture is true.

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