The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero
- ISBN-10
- 0743272080
- ISBN-13
- 9780743272087
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Pages
- 608
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-10-02
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Larry Sloman, William Kalush
Description
Draws on newly uncovered archives and the co-author's expertise in magic to reveal Houdini's secret work as a spy for the United States and England, his post-war efforts to expose the fraudulent activities of spiritualist mediums, and the plot organized by Arthur Conan Doyle to have him murdered. Reprint.
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