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The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero
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The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero
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by William Kalush and Larry Sloman
Sales Rank : 49033
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Paperback: 608 pages
Publisher: Atria October 2, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743272080
ISBN-13: 978-0743272087
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Product Review
"Kalush and Sloman appear to have raked through every known Houdini archive to produce the most comprehensive and controversial biography ever written about the man, with its contention that he was a spy who may have been murdered by a cult."-- Tony Barrell, London Sunday Times
Product Description
Handcuff King. Escape Artist. International Superstar. Since his death eighty years ago, Harry Houdini's life has been chronicled in books, in film, and on television. Now, in this groundbreaking biography, renowned magic expert William Kalush and bestselling writer Larry Sloman team up to find the man behind the myth. Drawing from millions of pages of research, they describe in vivid detail the passions that drove Houdini to perform ever-more-dangerous feats, his secret life as a spy, and a pernicious plot to subvert his legacy.
The Secret Life of Houdini traces the arc of the master magician's life from desperate poverty to worldwide fame -- his legacy later threatened by a group of fanatical Spiritualists led by esteemed British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Initiating the reader along the way into the arcane world of professional magic, Kalush and Sloman decode a life based on deception, providing an intimate and riveting portrayal of Houdini, the man and the legend.
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