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The Great Houdini : His British Tours, EPUB eBook

The Great Houdini : His British Tours EPUB

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This fascinating biography ';brings to life the excitement and thrills' of the master escape artist's legendary turn-of-century tour in Great Britain (Lancashire Post).

Between 1900 and 1920, a century before endurance artist and street magician David Blaine, Hungarian-born Harry Houdini traveled Great Britain, performing in its major villages and cities. He befriended Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, immersed himself in spiritualism and most notably, escaped from jails, survived death-defying leaps into rivers while bound in chains, and executed amazing tricks and illusions. On each stop, he challenged locals to design ';inescapable' contraptions. He was always triumphant, and his awesome, crowd-drawing feats made him the highest paid entertainer in the world at the time.

Extensively researched, The Great Houdini: His British Toursfollows Houdini's decades-long UK tour through rare archival material, vintage newspaper clippings, photos, and original playbills and ballyhoo advertisementsmany of which have not been seen since they were originally published. This ';must read... cause for celebration... packed with new, fascinating facts' delivers a thrilling look into the life and career of history's greatest escapologist (Wild About Harry).

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