Introduction

1. HARRY KAHNE: THE MULTIPLE MENTAL MARVEL

2. PORCINE PROPHETS AND PIG-FACED LADIES

3. ATTENUATION AS ART: WILLARD, THE MAN WHO GROWS

4. MORE THAN THE SUM OF THEIR PARTS: MATTHEW BUCHINGER, SARAH BIFFIN, AND OTHER ANOMALIES OF NATURE

5. BLIND TOM

6. MAX MALINI: THE LAST OF THE MOUNTEBANKS

7. DATAS: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

8. EQUINE AMUSEMENTS

9. GENIUS OR CHARLATAN? WALFORD BODIE, M.D.

10. BORN TO A DRIER DEATH THAN DIVING: SAMUEL GILBERT SCOTT AND OTHER DAREDEVILS

11. A FEW WORDS ABOUT DEATH AND SHOW BIZ: WASHINGTON IRVING BISHOP, J. RANDALL BROWN, AND THE ORIGINS OF MODERN MIND READING

12. LAROCHE: THE SISYPHUS OF THE CIRCUS WORLD

13. ARTHUR LLOYD: THE HUMOROUS HUMAN CARD INDEX

14. ENTEROLOGY: GETTING INTO BOXES, BOTTLES, AND TROUBLE WITH SEAMUS BURKE AND OTHERS

15. INCOMBUSTIBLE MEN AND FIREPROOF WOMEN

16. STONES, SWORDS, SNAKES, AND OTHER ENTREES

17. LE PETOMANE: THE END

For the Curious

Acknowledgments

Index