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Houdini

The Elusive American

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Houdini

By: Adam Begley
Narrated by: Barry Abrams
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From the prize-winning 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.

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lots of great information. I went in thinking I already knee who he was. I was very wrong Houdini accomplished much more in his life than just being dubbed “the handcuff king”. I highly recommend this story.

More than just an Escape Artist

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I’ve read many books and stories of Houdini. This telling is the most honest and least embellished that I’ve come across. Straightforward and fascinating. Thoroughly enjoyable throughout.

Finally, A Clear And Unvarnished Story.

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