Houdini
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Houdini: Art and Magic
By Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Alan Brinkley, Harry HoudiniIllustrates Harry Houdini's life and career, covering his daring escapes, cinematic escapades, Broadway career, secretive personal life, and influence on Andy Warhol, Matthew Barney, and Edward Hopper.
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Houdini: The Elusive American
By Adam BegleyMore than forty years ago a Freudian analyst, Bernard C. Meyer, offered a top-to-toe “psychoanalytic portrait” of Harry. His book, Houdini: A Mind in Chains (1976), is furious in its denunciations of Harry's ...
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Houdini
By Laura AldenA 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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Houdini: The Life of the Great Escape Artist
By Agnieszka Biskup"In graphic novel format, explores the life of Harry Houdini and describes some of his most daring escapes"--Provided by publisher.
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Houdini: The Handcuff King
By Jason Lutes" Harry Houdini mesmerized a generation of Americans when he was alive, and continues to do so over ninety years since his death. This is a snapshot of The Handcuff King's life, centering on one of his most famous feats.
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Houdini: The Ultimate Spellbinder
By Tom LalickiHoudini shared in very large profits. In France, he was billed as "The Most Popular Man in the Entire World." Next, he signed with an up-and-coming studio that became Paramount Pictures, and made The Grim Game (1919) and Terror Island ...
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Houdini: World's Greatest Mystery Man and Escape King
By Kathleen KrullPresents the life and career of Harry Houdini, whose dramatic style and amazing physical abilities made him one of the most famous magicians and contortionists of all time. Reprint.
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Houdini: Master of Illusion
By Clinton CoxThe author cites Houdini's brilliance, physical dexterity, and wild imagination as factors that made him a true master of illusion. Photos.
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Houdini
By Harry Houdini6485' CHALIPION DRIVEN PROM THEATER BY BOOTS AND CALLS Boxing has been given its worst. black. eye here to-dsy by none other than Jess Willard, heavy-weight champion who was so badly worsted to a. wordy clash with Harry Houdini, ...
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Houdini: A Musical
By Muriel RukeyserHoudini is an exploration of freedom and imprisonment. This cross genre musical unlocks time and reality—on the page, in a box, under water, onstageThis previously unpublished work offers readers the...
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Houdini: His Legend and His Magic
By Charles R. Reynolds, Doug HenningA biography of the magician who became famous for his ability to escape almost any form of restraint. Describes his 10 greatest illusions as they appeared to audiences in the...
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Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls
By William Lindsay GreshamHoudini's legendary illusions are explained and give a fascinating insight into their construction, created with simplicity that is the essence of true genius.
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Houdini: The Life and Times of the World's Greatest Magician
By Charlotte MontagueNinety years after his death, this book from the Oxford People series brings both the man and his magic back to life again for one last performance.
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Houdini: The Handcuff King
By Nick Bertozzi, Jason LutesHarry Houdini mesmerized a generation of Americans when he was alive, and continues to do so 80 years after his death. This is a "snapshot" of Houdini's life, centering on...
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Houdini: A Pictorial Biography
By Milbourne ChristopherCompiled and written by a renowned magician, this spellbinding book contains more than 250 illustrations of posters, photographs, and other Houdini memorabilia, as well as a facsimile of an autobiographical pamphlet published in 1917 by the ...
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Houdini: The Life of the Great Escape Artist
By Agnieszka Biskup"In graphic novel format, explores the life of Harry Houdini and describes some of his most daring escapes"--Provided by publisher.