The magic tricks are clearly explained and easy to do: make a Magic Box (it has a trick bottom) out of milk cartons, secretly pass messages to a partner, etc. The narrative seems dauntingly long, but is interspersed with explanations and diagrams of magic tricks, b&w photos and ephemera, and imaginatively chosen, decorative line art. Readers will come away viewing Houdini as much a product of his time as of his own wits and making. George Bernard Shaw once remarked that Harry Houdini is the third most famous name in history after Jesus Christ and Sherlock Holmes.
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Her writing is detailed but conversational as she offers engrossing facts and tidbits: Houdini also worked as a spy, movie actor and stuntman, and ground-breaking aviator his wife and performing partner once saved Buster Keaton from a fire. If you don’t recognise this man’s name, that is because the world came to know him as the one and only Harry Houdini. Journal Of The Society For Psychical Research Volume 13. Author: Society For Psychical Research (Great Br (Creator), Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Co (Creator) Paperback. Harry Houdini’s most popular book is The Right Way to Do Wrong: A Unique Selection of Writings. Supplying sidebars on such topics as vaudeville, Ouija boards and the Wright Brothers, Carlson (More than Moccasins) puts Houdini's career squarely in context. Journal Of The Society For Psychical Research Volume 1. Harry Houdini has 65 books on Goodreads with 6523 ratings.
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This comprehensive biography plus activity book on the famed magician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries illuminates nearly as much about the era as about Harry Houdini. A Magician Among the Spirits By: Harry Houdini Narrated by: Russell Stamets Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins Language: English 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings. The informational chapter book series offers easy-to-read biographies at a reading level of grades 24, with historical and contemporary personalities that will.
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