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Author:

Taylor, Troy, author.

Title:

Houdini : among the spirits / by Troy Taylor.

Publisher:

Whitechapel Pressa division of Dark Haven Entertainment, Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

144 pages : illustrations ; 224 cm

Subject:

Houdini, Harry,--1874-1926--Biography.
Magicians--United States--Biography.
Escape artists--United States--Biography.
Spiritualism.
Houdini, Harry,--1874-1926.
Escape artists.
Magicians.
Spiritualism.
United States.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biography.

Summary:

Harry Houdini was a man obsessed with death: in his spectacular shows, he committed feats of daring that cheated death and he searched for a way to contact his dead mother. Some believe that Houdini reached out from beyond the grave to make contact from the other side. The author examines the life, death and mysterious afterlife of the famed illusionist and escape artist. This is a revealing look at Houdini's fascination with the spirit world, starting with his own days as a fraudulent medium with a traveling circus and continuing on to his exposures of fake Spiritualists, his psychical investigations, his "death pact" with fellow magicians and the legendary Houdini séances, which are still being held today.

ISBN:

189252368X
9781892523686

OCLC:

(OCoLC)941225705

Locations:

BBPC251 -- Roy R. Estle Memorial Library (Dallas Center)