Isis & Beyond: The Biography of Cecil E. Nixon [Hardcover]

Doran Wittelsbach (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 66 pages
• Publisher: Bua Productions (December 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966130804
• ISBN-13: 978-0966130805
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,109,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A brief, engaging look at an eccentric character, October 9, 1999

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This review is from: Isis & Beyond: The Biography of Cecil E. Nixon (Hardcover)

A look at the life of magician, inventor, gadfly, Cecil Nixon! Well researched and amusingly written. I really love the ornate cloth binding: uniquely "high class" for an independant, small-press type of book

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PURE GOLD, September 24, 2004

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Boyd Rice (denver, co.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Isis & Beyond: The Biography of Cecil E. Nixon (Hardcover)

This slim volume is worth it's weight in gold. A glimpse into the life of a man who inhabited his own self-created world, a man out of step with the modern world of his own age. The author has done a masterful job of researching his subject, & this volume can only be described as lavishly produced. Like it's topic, the book itself seems to harken back to a bygone era. Dr. Nixon would no doubt be proud of this testament to his life, & despite it's brevity, it paints a very vivid portrait indeed. But for the research of Mr. Wittelsbach, Nixon may have become lost in the mists of time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book,but too short., July 3, 2000

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chris baliner (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Isis & Beyond: The Biography of Cecil E. Nixon (Hardcover)

I lived in San Francisco for a while, and I love this book, which is kind of about the secret history of that city: The odd artists and debutantes that circulated there in the good old days. I just wish this book had been longer. But, the other review is right about the layout of the book: It looks great. I've got my copy on a stand on my bookshelf. I hope someone writes a longer book about Cecil Nixon someday.