The Gyp Artist by William W. Larsen (An entertaining lecture you can give)

Description

The Gyp Artist
by Wm. W. Larsen Sr.
An entertaining 25 to 60-minute lecture you can give about scams, cons, swindles and how to protect yourself from becoming the next victim!
Become an Expert on Cons and Swindles...
Or just talk like one! This is a new field for most magicians and mentalists, allowing you to give your lecture to civic groups, security seminars, government agencies, corporations -- anywhere people gather. And these organizations have deep pockets, too, able to pay you well for your time.
Fabled Bunco Games of History...
Now become practical, effective tricks in the magician's hands, each one building up to a smash climax. Not to be confused with other types of bunco books, which merely explain various "skin games." THE GYP ARTIST goes far beyond this and uses each one as the theme of a complete trick.
Demonstrate Your Talk
Enthrall your audience with entertaining examples, based on simple, inexpensive items that you already have around the house, or modestly priced pieces of equipment easily obtained from any magic dealer, or even more cheaply made up by yourself with but little patience. Better still, each one is suited for parlor, platform, club or stage — and will be welcomed by audiences of all types.
Updated and enhanced edition of the 1949 first Thayer printing. Includes three new chapters and several illustrations left out of the original edition. Edited by B. W. McCarron (author of
The Gambling Magician
).
41 pages + supplement. Soft covers, saddle stitched.
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