Format:
Book
Title:
The life and many deaths of Harry Houdini / Ruth Brandon.
Author:
Brandon, Ruth.
Call Number:
793.8 H813 zbran
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Random House, c1994.
Description:
x, 355 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary:
"Ruth Brandon explains in fascinating detail the secrets of Houdini's most celebrated escapes, but, more important, she asks, "What was Houdini really trying to escape from?" Searching for the answer, she reveals a man far more extraordinary than any of his audience could have imagined."--BOOK JACKET. "Ruth Brandon reveals much that is new including how Houdini invented a phantom son and wrote daily long letters to his wife, Bess, who lived on the floor just below him; 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects:
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926.
Magicians -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
0679424377