The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini
New York : Avid Reader Press, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Description: xv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Joe Posnanski explores Harry Houdini's impact on global culture and the reasons his legacy endures to this day.
Contents:
Los Angeles, November 30, 1915 -- The truest believer -- Childhood. Lies and illusions ; The origin story ; The Silverman boxes ; The runaway child ; Bahl Yahn, the strong man -- Metamorphosis. Torrini ; The name ; The early days ; Acid on the dress ; Sideshow ; King of cards ; Magic made easy -- Escape. Beck ; Naked ambition ; Scotland yard ; Not a love match ; The fight of Cologne -- Mirrors. The mirror cuffs ; How he did it (theory one) ; How he did it (theory two) ; How he did it (theories galore) ; My guess -- Miracles. The needles ; The challenges ; Straitjackets ; The bells of the Kremlin ; Life and death -- Copperfield. Epic rap battle I ; Korby's clothing store ; Elephants and statues ; Epic rap battle II -- Torture. Nothing supernatural ; Houdini upside down ; The empathy of escape ; The secret -- Inescapable death. The dutiful son ; Spirits of the night ; The punch ; The end -- The afterlife. There is no death ; The grim game ; The unmasking ; Afterword: Houdini's ghost.
Subjects:
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926.
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 -- Influence -- History.
Posnanski, Joe -- Travel.
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926.
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 -- Influence -- History.
Posnanski, Joe -- Travel.
ISBN:
9781501137235
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316).