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* The Riddle of Chung Ling Soo by [[Will Dexter]] (1955)
 
* The Riddle of Chung Ling Soo by [[Will Dexter]] (1955)
 
* A Gift from Gods: the Story of Chung Ling Soo  by [[Val Andrews]] (1981)
 
* A Gift from Gods: the Story of Chung Ling Soo  by [[Val Andrews]] (1981)
* Chung Ling Soo - The Man of Mystery by [[Gary R. Frank]]  (1988)   
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* Chung Ling Soo: The Man behind the Legend by Gary R. Frank (1987)
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* Chung Ling Soo: The Man of Mystery by [[Gary R. Frank]] & Phil Temple (1989)   
 
* The Silence of Chung Ling Soo  by [[Todd Karr]] (2001) ISBN 0-9710405-1-6
 
* The Silence of Chung Ling Soo  by [[Todd Karr]] (2001) ISBN 0-9710405-1-6
 
* The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the "Marvelous Chinese Conjurer" by [[Jim Steinmeyer]] (2005) ISBN 0-7867-1512-X.
 
* The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the "Marvelous Chinese Conjurer" by [[Jim Steinmeyer]] (2005) ISBN 0-7867-1512-X.

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Chung Ling Soo (April 2, 1861 - March 24, 1918) was born William Ellsworth Robinson. He died when his bullet catch routine went wrong.

Chung Ling Soo
BornWilliam Ellsworth Robinson
April 02, 1861
DiedMarch 24, 1918 (age 56)
CategoriesBooks by Chung Ling Soo

During his early career, William Ellsworth Robinson called himself Robinson, the Man of Mystery. To increase his allure with a touch of exoticism, he changed his name to Chung Ling Soo and took his show to Europe. He took the name as a variation of a real Chinese stage magician - Ching Ling Foo - and performed many of the tricks that Foo had made famous.

Chung Ling Soo maintained his role as a Chinese man scrupulously. He never spoke onstage and always used an interpreter when he spoke to journalists. Only his friends and other stage magicians knew the truth

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