The Great Boomsky: The Many Lives of Magic's First Black Superstar - Hardcoverby Margaret B. Steele (Author) Thirteen year old Milton Hudson Everett loves his job as Boomsky, the clumsy sidekick of the great magician Alexander Herrmann (1844 1896). Beloved across America, Boomsky falls on top hats and drops trays of borrowed watches, bringing screams of laughter. But Boomsky is himself a magician's ruse a skilled secret assistant hiding in plain sight. For a series of African American teens, the role of Boomsky becomes a