| 词条 | Mysterious Stranger |
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| italic title = | name = Mysterious Stranger | image = Mysterious-stranger-david-blaine.jpg | image_size = | caption = Front cover | alt = | author = David Blaine | title_orig = | orig_lang_code = | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | subject = | genre = | published = October 29, 2002 | media_type = Print | pages = | awards = | isbn = 978-0375505737 | oclc = 49925771 | dewey = 793.8 | congress = GV1547 .B646 2002 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic by street magician David Blaine was published on October 29, 2002 by Random House. Part autobiography, part history, and part armchair treasure hunt, the book also includes instructions on how to perform basic card tricks and illusions.[1] SynopsisThe book has been divided into 12 chapters— For Those Who Believe, Discovery of Magic, The Three Magi, Secrets of Cards, Confidence, Playing the Part of a Magician, The Man Ain't Right, Primitive Mysteries, Ehrich Weiss, The Premature Burial, Frozen in Time2, Vertigo. In the chapter, "Discovery of Magic", Blaine tells stories of his childhood, of how he became interested in magic, and of his devotion to his late mother. In "The Three Magi", he acknowledges Robert-Houdin, Max Malini and Alexander Herrmann as major influences; in "Confidence", he cites Orson Welles and Titanic Thompson as inspiration for his street magic persona; and in "Ehrich Weiss", he celebrates the man we know as Houdini. In "The Man Ain't Right", Blaine describes the evolution of his street magic act and how a masterfully timed card trick cinched his television deal with ABC. In "Premature Burial", "Frozen in Time", and "Vertigo", Blaine details his grueling regime in preparation for each of his stunts of endurance, respectively, being buried in a glass coffin for seven days, standing inside a block of ice for sixty-one hours, and standing atop a 100-foot pole in high winds for thirty-five hours. In addition, scattered throughout the book are clues to Blaine's $100,000 Challenge, an armchair treasure hunt of visual ciphers and logic deduction devised by game designer Cliff Johnson, creator of The Fool's Errand. The Challenge was solved by Sherri Skanes on March 20, 2004, 16 months after the book's publication. References1. ^{{cite book|author=Jennifer Bromann-Bender|title=Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Surefire Winners for Middle and High School Readers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U1NzAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA113|date=20 December 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8809-8|pages=113–}} Treasure Hunt reference
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