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Author
Series
Stalking Jack the Ripper volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In 1889, the ship Etruria departs Liverpool, England, for New York carrying Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her crime-solving partner, Thomas, a famous escape artist, and a cold-blooded killer.
Author
Pub. Date
2008, c2006
Language
English
Description
A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926. Profiling his early years, personal life, and great accomplishments in show business, the story of the famous magician, Harry Houdini, comes to life through a review of his greatest tricks and most amazing feats, complete with index, photos, and author's notes.
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Molly Murphy is hired to protect none other than Harry Houdini after the on-stage death of a magician's assistant, in the latest in Bowen's award-winning series.
6) Houdini
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A look at the life of the famous magician and escape artist, told in graphic-novel format.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
By the year 1919, Harry Houdini was known throughout the world as a master magician and escape artist. Having conquered the stage, he set out to rule the screen, appearing in a series of thrillers built upon his almost supernatural powers. Culled from film archives and private collections, this film includes all of Houdini's surviving films as an actor, rare footage of actual handcuff and straitjacket escapes, and a wealth of historical information....
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
By the year 1919, Harry Houdini was known throughout the world as a master magician and escape artist. Having conquered the stage, he set out to rule the screen, appearing in a series of thrillers built upon his almost supernatural powers. Culled from film archives and private collections, this film includes all of Houdini's surviving films as an actor, rare footage of actual handcuff and straitjacket escapes, and a wealth of historical information....
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini lives in the house where Houdini spent his final years, so he has always been interested in the famous magician, and has even learned a few simple magic tricks; he just never expected Houdini to contact him from beyond the grave--and what Houdini wants him to do could well cost Harry his own life.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Join Jack and Annie as they as they meet one of the world's most famous illusionists - Harry Houdini!"--
11) Born of illusion
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"Set in 1920s New York City, this is the story of budding magician Anna Van Housen, who has spent her whole life playing sidekick to her faux-medium mother--and trying to hide the fact the she actually possesses the very abilities her mother fakes"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Harry Houdini astounded audiences around the globe as he freed himself from ropes, handcuffs, and prison cells. This biography includes a bibliography, source notes, important dates, and recommended Web sites. Full color.
The story of how Harry Houdini astounded audiences around the globe as he freed himself from ropes, handcuffs, and prison cells.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In 1924 the wife of a Boston surgeon came to embody the raging national debate over Spiritualism, a movement devoted to communication with the dead. Reporters dubbed her the blonde Witch of Lime Street, but she was known to her followers simply as Margery. Her most vocal advocate was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who believed so thoroughly in Margery's powers that he urged her to enter a controversial contest, sponsored by Scientific American. Her supernatural...
14) The Houdini box
Author
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter with Harry Houdini leaves a small boy in possession of a mysterious box--one that might hold the secrets to the greatest magic tricks ever performed.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The life of Harry Houdini and his less famous partner, his brother Dash, includes details of his well-known career as a magician, as well as his interest in exposing fake mediums and other frauds. Sidebars highlight topics related to the early 20th century, such as child labor, the dime museums, and early aviation, an interest of Houdini's.
18) Houdini
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
A biography of the mysterious magician, focusing on his great escapes, wondrous illusions, crusade against spiritualism, and attempt to communicate with his wife after his death.
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