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Houdini|Begley, Adam

Houdini : The Elusive American

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From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an exuberant biography of the world's greatest escape artist.



In 1916, the war in Europe having prevented a tour abroad, Harry Houdini wrote a film treatment for a rollicking motion picture. Though the movie was never made, its title, "The Marvelous Adventures of Houdini: The Justly Celebrated Elusive American," provides a succinct summary of the Master Mystifier's life.



Born Erik Weisz in Budapest in 1874, Houdini grew up an impoverished Jewish immigrant in the Midwest and became world-famous thanks to talent, industry, and ferocious determination. He concealed as a matter of temperament and professional ethics the secrets of his sensational success. Nobody knows how Houdini performed some of his dazzling, death-defying tricks, and nobody knows, finally, why he felt compelled to punish and imprison himself over and over again. Tracking the restless Houdini's wide-ranging exploits, acclaimed biographer Adam Begley tells the story of a mystifying man's astonishing career.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781705207444
  • Publisher: Tantor Audio
  • Publish Date: Mar 2020
  • Author: Adam Begley
  • Narrator: Barry Abrams
  • Duration: 06:15:26

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