Linking Rings : William W. Durbin and the Magic and Mystery of America

by ROBENALT JAMES D.

• ISBN13: 9780873388207
• ISBN10: 0873388208
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr

Author Biography

James D. Robenalt received his J.D. from The Ohio State University School of Law and is a partner in a major law firm in Cleveland, Ohio. He began his research for this book after his mother's death in 1990.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	xi
Prologue: Washington, D.C.	xiii
1 And Things Are Not What They Seem	1	(17)
2 "Tim Kelly Will Not Soon Be Forgotten"	18	(17)
3 The Doctor	35	(21)
4 My Good Old Mother	56	(9)
5 Taking Second Money	65	(14)
6 Our Fiery Trial	79	(16)
7 A Cross of Gold	95	(17)
8 The Levitation of Princess Karnac and Harry Kellar	112	(17)
9 Woodrow Wilson: "Despicable, Lousy, and Contemptible"	129	(27)
10 The River Lethe and Warren G. Harding	156	(18)
11 Kenton, Magic Capital of the World!	174	(22)
12 The Man with the Lights	196	(12)
13 Master Francis and the King of the Bootleggers	208	(14)
14 "I Am Mighty Glad You Were Elected"	222	(15)
15 "Taking Up the Cudgels in My Behalf"	237	(14)
16 Undaunted by the Deep Menacing Dirge	251	(18)
17 Crossing the Bar	269	(5)
Notes	274	(32)
Bibliographical Essay	306	(4)
Index	310