The Secrets of Houdini
The Secrets of Houdini
By J.C. Cannell
Here is a book that will please anyone interested in the life and secrets of Harry Houdini. It's a beautifully produced book of 280 pages with 98 illustrations and photographs. The 9 chapters trace his career through its various phases from miscellaneous magic to the perfection of many great escapes. The methods of his effects are well explained, many through anecdotes about his life. It's an entertaining book and one that deserves to be read more than once.
World-famous illusionist, master deluder, showman: Harry Houdini was one of the most legendary figures of the modern stage, and probably the most legendary and misunderstood magician of all time. Exposing his closely kept professional secrets, and revealing in general terms the whole art of stage magic, this book is now considered the classic study of Houdini's strange deceptions.
Reprint of the first 1931 edition.
Details: The Secrets of Houdini
279 pages, perfect binding, size: 5 1/2" by 8 1/2".
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