Description: Ruth Brandon reveals much that is new - including how Houdini invented a phantom son and wrote daily long letters to his wife, Bess. Also, the first full description of Houdini’s fabled death; and fresh material on the early life of Margery, the Medium who played such a significant role in Houdini’s life.Chapters include:The Manacled Diver - Rabbits from a Hat - Metamorphosis - Aaron’s Rod - Two Ladies - Freaks - Handcuff King - With One Bound He Was Free - The Disappearing Fathers Trick - All in the Mind - The Death and Resurrection Show - The Lady Vanishes - Film Star - Merlin’s Cave - Magician Among the Spirits - Margery - Inside the Coffin - Houdini Lives!
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Publication Name: Random House
Book Title: Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini
Item Length: 6.5 inches
Original Language: English
Vintage: No
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 9.5 inches
ISBN-10: 0679424377
Personalized: No
Features: Photographs
Topic: Entertainment & Performing Arts, Biography
Item Width: 1.5 inches
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First US edition
Publication Year: 1993
Type: Hardcover
Author: Ruth Brandon
Genre: Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 26.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 358 Pages
