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The Expert at the Card Table: Literary Connections, Legacy & Art

The Expert at the Card Table, is an extensive book on the art of sleight of hand published in 1902 by S. W. Erdnase, a pseudonymous author whose identity has remained a mystery for over a century. As a detailed manual of card sharps, the book is considered to be one of the most influential works on magic or conjuring with cards.

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The Expert at the Card Table topic overview

The analysis highlights Literary Connections, Legacy and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around The Expert at the Card Table.

Related topics: 16
Source areas: 4
Connected nodes: 20
Extracted relationships: 49
Concept neighborhoods: 13
Bridge connections: 20

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Overview · 6 topics

Description of the book · 4 topics

Adaptations · 3 topics

Legacy · 3 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Author: S. W. Erdnase
Genre: Non-Fiction
Publication date: 1902 (first edition)
Publisher: Original Unknown
Cover artist: Ed Smith Design
Illustrator: Smith, M. D.

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Overview

Sleight of hand
S. W. Erdnase
Pseudonymous Pseudonym
Card sharps Card sharp
Magic or conjuring Magic (illusion)
Cards Playing card

Description of the book

Card manipulation
Martin Gardner
David Copperfield David Copperfield (illusionist)
Wilbur F. Sanders

Legacy

Adaptations

Guy Hollingworth
Neil Patrick Harris
Edinburgh Fringe Festival Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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How The Expert at the Card Table connects Entity context

The extracted context around The Expert at the Card Table shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, The Expert at the Card Table → According, Andrews, Another, Burt Whaley, Card Table, David Copperfield, Despite, Erdnase, It, Jeff Busby, Martin Gardner, Milton Franklin Andrews, Sanders, See Gardner's Foreword, Senator Wilbur, Similarly, The, The Expert, This, Wilbur Another extracted example is The Expert at the Card Table → Card Table, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Guy Hollingworth, In, London, Neil Patrick Harris, The, The Expert, United States. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

The Expert at the Card Table

Top relations

related to Description of the book · 21

The Expert at the Card Table → According, Andrews, Another, Burt Whaley, Card Table, David Copperfield, Despite, Erdnase, It, Jeff Busby, Martin Gardner, Milton Franklin Andrews, Sanders, See Gardner's Foreword, Senator Wilbur, Similarly, The, The Expert, This, Wilbur

related to Adaptations · 9

The Expert at the Card Table → Card Table, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Guy Hollingworth, In, London, Neil Patrick Harris, The, The Expert, United States

related to External links · 9

The Expert at the Card Table → Card Tableat, Collections, CongressErdnase Film Official Movie, From, HathiTrust Digital LibraryArtifice, Internet ArchiveArtifice, Library, Site, The Expert

Author · 1

The Expert at the Card Table → S. W. Erdnase

Cover artist · 1

The Expert at the Card Table → Ed Smith Design

Genre · 1

The Expert at the Card Table → Non-Fiction

Illustrator · 1

The Expert at the Card Table → Smith, M. D.

ISBN · 1

The Expert at the Card Table → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…

Language · 1

The Expert at the Card Table → English

Publication date · 1

The Expert at the Card Table → 1902 (first edition)

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Important terminology

book card erdnase expert table author sleight hand 1902 art magic cards sanders published influential gambling david copperfield magicians magician

The Expert at the Card Table relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 49 structured relationships around The Expert at the Card Table. Examples in this analysis include The Expert at the Card Table → Author → S. W. Erdnase and The Expert at the Card Table → Cover artist → Ed Smith Design. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
The Expert at the Card Table	Author	S. W. Erdnase	1.00	infobox
The Expert at the Card Table	Cover artist	Ed Smith Design	1.00	infobox
The Expert at the Card Table	Genre	Non-Fiction	1.00	infobox
The Expert at the Card Table	Illustrator	Smith, M. D.	1.00	infobox
The Expert at the Card Table	ISBN	.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…	1.00	infobox
The Expert at the Card Table	Language	English	1.00	infobox
The Expert at the Card Table	Publication date	1902 (first edition)	1.00	infobox
The Expert at the Card Table	Publication place	USA	1.00	infobox
The Expert at the Card Table	Publisher	Original Unknown	1.00	infobox
The Expert at the Card Table	Subject	Sleight of hand	1.00	infobox
The Expert at the Card Table	related to Adaptations	In	0.60	section
The Expert at the Card Table	related to Adaptations	The Expert	0.60	section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around The Expert at the Card Table bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Table, Expert and Art. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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- Expert

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For The Expert at the Card Table, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects The Expert at the Card Table with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

The Expert at the Card Table — Overview · splits 14 ⟂ 7

The Expert at the Card Table — Description of the book · splits 16 ⟂ 5

The Expert at the Card Table — Legacy · splits 17 ⟂ 4

The Expert at the Card Table — Adaptations · splits 17 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

The Expert at the Card Table

Nodes21

Edges20

Triples49

Avg. degree1.9

Density0.095238

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around The Expert at the Card Table to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Literary Connections, Legacy & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — The Expert at the Card Table · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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