Gold brings all his gifts as a novelist to a kaleidoscope of his most formative experiences: his salvation at boarding school his dream job at an independent bookstore a punk rock riot a romance with a femme fatale the start of his writing career and his estrangement from his mother, who moved in with her soul mate, a man who threatened to kill her. He was now growing up by the side of his increasingly erratic mother, among con men and get-rich schemes in ‘70s San Francisco. But when his father’s fortune disappeared and his parents divorced, Gold fell out of his well-curated Southern California life. Glen David Gold’s earliest memories are of a childhood in which he had everything he could possibly want. The story goes that he kept his lion, Monty in the back room of the shop and when it would roar, the startled customers would run for the door.Download I Will Be Complete Book in PDF, Epub and Kindleįrom the bestselling author of Carter Beats the Devil and Sunnyside, a big-hearted memoir told in three parts: about growing up in the wake of the destructive choices of an extremely unconventional mother. Among the highlights of Carter's stage performances during his career were the classic 'sawing a woman in half' illusion (an elaborate surgical-themed version with 'nurses' in attendance), making a live elephant disappear and 'cheating the gallows', where a shrouded Carter would vanish, just as he dropped at the end of a hangman's noose.Ĭarter's first theatrical experience occurred at the Herzog's museum and Pat Harris' Masonic Temple in Baltimore at the age of 10, where he appeared as 'Master Charles Carter the Original Boy Magician'.Ĭarter purchased the famous Martinka Magic Palace in 1917, a time when he was unable to continue his world touring magic show. Due to stiff competition from the number of magic acts on the American stages at the time, Carter opted to pursue his career abroad, where he achieved his greatest fame.

As time passed, he grew an interest in magic. Original Movie Poster Prints- Vintage Art ReprintsĬharles Joseph Carter (JFebruary 13, 1936) was an American stage magician, also known as Carter the Great.Ī native of San Francisco, California, Carter began his career as a journalist and lawyer.

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