The Georgia Wonder - LuLu Hurst and the Secret That Shocked Amer

From Hermetic Press. The most complete treatise on the Magnetic Girl Act ever produced-414 pages of the real secrets and history of a unique and astonishing act. Lulu Hurst's act consisted of a number of tests in which she seemed to exude a mysterious force that made her more than a match for men much larger and stronger than herself. Her "Power" gave her a supernatural strength without her showing the least muscular effort. She was able to withstand the pushing of several men without budging or seeming to exert any appreciable counter force-and with one foot raised off the floor. With one hand she pushed renowned athletes around the stage and into the scenery. And she lifted a chair with three large men piled onto it six inches off the ground. All this she accomplished without hidden devices, using just the few ungimmicked props in plain sight-a pool cue or cane, a chair, an umbrella-and a handful of remarkable secrets.The Georgia Wonder gives an account of Lulu Hurst's brief and amazing career, along with Hurst's own in-depth self-exposZ, newspaper reports, a revealing scientific evaluation and the most comprehensive explanation of Magnetic Girl feats ever assembled. As Paul Daniels recently proved on his television show, the Hurst act is as amazing and entertaining to modern audiences as it was to those of the past. Barry H. Wiley adds valuable historical corrections and information to complete the chronicle of Lulu Hurst's remarkable story and the secrets of an extraordinary act that remains so to this day.