David Saltman

David Saltman has been performing magic since he was eleven years old. As The Great Saltini he made magic history by being the first ever to saw a lady in half with a chain saw! He wrote a column on illusion for Francis Ford Coppola's weekly magazine City, and has written on a wide range of subjects for The New York Times, Rolling Stone and many other publications. As a producer-director he made more than 200 documentary films for the major television networks. In the course of researching this...See more

David Saltman has been performing magic since he was eleven years old. As The Great Saltini he made magic history by being the first ever to saw a lady in half with a chain saw! He wrote a column on illusion for Francis Ford Coppola's weekly magazine City, and has written on a wide range of subjects for The New York Times, Rolling Stone and many other publications. As a producer-director he made more than 200 documentary films for the major television networks. In the course of researching this book David has become recognized as one of the world's pre-eminent experts on Houdini. His weekly web magazine, The Houdini File, has upended traditional Houdini historical research with a wealth of new discoveries about the man, the magician and his origins. The Library of Congress has enlisted David as a consultant on their most difficult inquiries about Houdini. See less