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Hello, maybe not the right questions...

Can somebody recommend me some books about Dai Vernon's and Ed Marlo's biography?

And my second question is this : Have somebody list of all Marlo's books?

Thanks for your answers.

Beowulf

Picking a single greatest magician would be virtually impossible, there were many greats, all with their own special claim to fame, Harry Blackstone, Sr, and Harry Blackstone, Jr., Dai Vernon, Mark Wilson, Johnny Thompson, Cardini, Marlo, Billy McCombs, Tony Slydini, so many, I think I could list for hours.

I don't really think we can say Houdini "stank," persay. Undoubtedly, he was not the master conjurer that we suggest he is now, but it's not as if he conned people into seeing his shows. He became famous because he understood promotion and sales, yes, but also because he gave people an experience they didn't soon forget.

While he might not have been the master conjurer the modern layperson imagines him to be, he was most certainly a master entertainer, and his escapes illustrated not only a deftness in performance but also in ability. He was truly an amazing escape artist, a King of Handcuffs, indeed.

With cards or coins or other illusions, Houdini was not the man you need to look up to, but the fact that, as another poster mentioned, he is more famous than Brown, Angel, and Blaine even in death, should at least illustrate the importance of studying his rise, if not his general performance.