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Jay\'s Journal of Anomalies by Ricky Jay

Title: Jay\'sJournal of Anomalies

Author: Ricky Jay

ISBN: 0-374-17867-4

Publisher: Farrar, Straus& Giroux

Publication Date: 2001

Hardcover

Book Size: 9 X 11 ¼

Pages: 202

Edition: First Edition

Book Condition:Excellent-Like New!

Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent-Like New!

Jay\'s Journal ofAnomalies: Conjurers, Cheats, Hustlers, Hoaxsters,Pranksters, Jokesters, Impostors, Pretenders, Sideshow Showmen, ArmlessCalligraphers, Mechanical Marvels & Popular Entertainments. Author andactor Ricky Jay (Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women) gathers four years of hisquarterly Jay\'s Journal of Anomalies in one volume of the same name. An experton the improbable, Jay trains his curiosity on unusual forms of entertainmentand recorded history, and entries include \"A Compendium of GiantChildren\" and \"A Verbally Challenging Bestiary.\" He hasunearthed gems like an advertisement for \"Miss Silvia, SkandenavianCeiling Walker\" and a centuries-long fascination with the public spectacleof nose amputation.

Themultitalented Ricky Jay (sleight-of-hand artist, actor, author, and scholar ofthe unusual) wrote and published a unique and beautifully designed quarterlycalled Jay\'s Journal of Anomalies. Already coveted collector\'s items, thesixteen issues are now gathered here in a complete set, with significant newmaterial and illustrations. A brilliant excursion into the history of bizarreentertainments, the journal was described in The New York Times as\"beautiful and elegant...a combination of rigorous scholarship andpersonal rumination.\" In a delectably deadpan and winning style, Jayconveys his admiration and affection for the offbeat that characterized hisbest-selling Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women.

In this seriesof essays, Ricky Jay, the celebrated sleight-of-hand artist, actor and\"scholar of the unusual,\" waxes eloquent on such esoteric topics aslearned dogs, cheaters at bowling, human levitation, crucifixion for fun andprofit and the surprising historical connections between dentistry andlegerdemain. Often addressing his readership as \"students of deception,\"Jay imparts an intimate understanding and deep appreciation of thecomplementary disciplines of lying, cheating and showmanship. You will learnedhow circus fleas were \"trained\" to play soccer and pull minisculechariots; how 19th-century performers \"danced\" on ceilings; howperforming dogs \"learned\" to spell; and how Alexander Graham Bellfound inspiration for the invention of the telephone in an ersatz\"mechanical\" chess player.

The journalcovers such subjects as dogs stealing acts from other dogs, an anthropologicalhoax involving the only survivors of a caste of ancient Aztec priests, and theultimate diet: eating nothing at all. Jay explains how wags since the sixteenthcentury have cheated at bowling; he explores the ancient relationship betweenconjuring and dentistry; and he chronicles the exploits of ceiling walkers andhuman flies. Crammed full of illustrations drawn from the author\'s massivepersonal archives, Jay\'s Journal of Anomalies will baffle, instruct, and, aboveall, delight.

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