Ann Marie Fleming (2007)
(Not a review, just some notes to help me remember the things I've read. But written this way because it's the Internet, and some people will stumble across this page.)
I picked up this graphic novel at the same time that I picked up Pedro & Me, which I read back in 2018. I read that one (mostly) in the pool, and I started this one. Then summer ended, and this got pushed to the side and I lost track of it. Both books came from the Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library, which means I likely acquired them at Lunacon.
Who is Long Tack Sam? That's the question that his granddaughter wanted to answer while writing this book. It contains many images, illustrations, and photos of programs and posters about the famous Chinese magician. And he was famous back in the days of Vaudeville and beyond. So much so that I'm surprised that I never heard of him, particularly when he's picture with so many peope who I have heard of.
It could be because he retired and left the United States, returning to Austria, where his wife was from.
This was an interesting book to read and a good use of the graphic novel format. There were little history lessons in the margins, a chronology of world events so the reader could put Sam's life in context.
If they made a movie about him, I'd watch it.
If you stumbled across my page via the Internet, please check out my short book series, Burke Lore Briefs. The fourth book will be available by the time you see this!
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