HOUDINI LIVES!
Discover the magic of Houdini with gripping fiction, biography, and true crime—from Daniel Stashower’s mystery novels to Massimo Polidoro’s final séance exposé.
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Escape!
by Sid Fleischman
Who was this man who could walk through brick walls and, with a snap of his fingers, vanish elephants? In these pages you will meet the astonishing Houdini—magician, ghost chaser, daredevil, pioneer aviator, and king of escape artists. No jail cell or straitjacket could hold him! He shucked off handcuffs as easily as gloves. In this fresh, witty biography of the most famous bamboozler since Merlin, Sid Fleischman, a former professional magician, enriches his warm homage with insider information and unmaskings. Did Houdini really pick the jailhouse lock to let a fellow circus performer escape? Were his secrets really buried with him? Was he a bum magician, as some rivals claimed? How did he manage to be born in two cities, in two countries, on two continents at the same instant? Here are the stories of how a knockabout kid named Ehrich Weiss, the son of an impoverished rabbi, presto-changoed himself into the legendary Harry Houdini. Here, too, are rare photographs never before seen by the general reader!
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Harry Houdini: A Magical Life (Snapshots: Images of People and Places in History)
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The Dime Museum Murders
by Daniel Stashower
In turn-of-the-century New York, young Harry Houdini is called upon to investigate the murder of a toy store baron. Houdini and Dash, escape brothers extraordinaire, are faced with a challenging mystery involving the locked library where the victim's body was found.
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The Floating Lady Murder
by Daniel Stashower
When the beautiful young assistant of a world-famous magician is murdered on stage during a performance, a young Harry Houdini joins forces with his wife, Bess, and brother, Dash, to unravel the crime. By the author of The Dime Museum Murders. Original.
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The Houdini Specter
by Daniel Stashower
In 1898, the Great Houdini's confidence is matched only by the indifference of the paying public. Now the master escape artist has the chance to make a name for himself by exposing the tricks of medium Lucius Craig, darling of New York's gullible society. When a seance conducted by Craig turns deadly, it's up to Harry to expose a murderer's lethal tricks.
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Final Séance
by Massimo Polidoro
Details the five-year friendship during which "Houdini and Conan Doyle exchanged views about Spiritualism; conducted investigations of notable mediums of their day, such as Mina 'Margery' Crandon; and even enjoyed vacationing together at Atlantic City."--Jacket.
