The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

 
Publisher: Avid Reader Press
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Number of Volumes: Hardback
 
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ISBN13:9781501137235
ISBN10:1501137239
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:336 pages
Size:228x152x27 mm
Weight:495 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 1-c b+w part title photos; 4-c ends;
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Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski enters the world of Harry Houdini and his legions of devoted fans in an immersive, entertaining, and magical work on the illusionist’s impact on American culture&&&8212;and why his legacy endures to this day.

Nearly a century after Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926, he feels as modern and alive as ever. The name Houdini still leaps to mind whenever we witness a daring escape. The baby who frees herself from her crib? Houdini. The dog who vanishes and reappears in the neighbor’s garden? Houdini. Every generation produces new disciples of the magician, from household names in magic like David Copperfield and David Blaine to countless other followers whose lives have been transformed by the power of Houdini.

In The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini, award-winning journalist and

Joe Posnanski is the