Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural - Tapa dura

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new ; 332 pages; Physical desc.: xvi, 332 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Contents: Author's introduction -- But the damned will march -- Toddy's nose bleeds so readily -- Littleness that was no longer there -- We wrapped the piece of cake to keep always -- Blue miles, green miles, yellow miles -- We, then a great famous man -- Anybody could write a true story -- Leaping out of a window, head first -- "To work!" cried Mr. Birtwhistle -- X exists! -- A battle is about to be fought -- It is a religion -- Children cry for it -- The London triangle -- That frog would be God -- The world has cut me out : I have cut myself out -- A welcoming hand to little frogs and periwinkles -- Not a bottle of catsup can fall without being noted -- Beginning anywhere -- Fall in! forward! march! Summary: The seminal biography of the twentieth century's premier chronicler of the paranormal, Charles Fort--a man whose very name gave rise to an adjective, fortean, to describe the unexplained. Biography: Jim Steinmeyer has designed illusions for David Copperfield, Ricky Jay, Siegfried & Roy and Orson Welles, and for six Broadway shows including The Beauty and the Beast. A consultant for a six-part BBC documentary on the history of magic, he also designed the illusions for Richard Eyre's Mary Poppins and is a contributing editor of Magic magazine. His previous books include The Glorious Deception and Hiding the Elephant. Subject: Fort, Charles, 1874-1932. Supernatural - History. Curiosities and wonders. Authors, American - 20th century - Biography. Parapsychologists - United States - Biography. Controversial knowledge ; Biography & autobiography. REFERENCE / Curiosities & Wonders.