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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781847390820
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- The Secret Life of Houdini: the Making of America's First Superhero
- Item Height
- 198 mm
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories
- Item Width
- 129 mm
- Number of Pages
- 608 Pages
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Using exclusive access to newly uncovered archives, Kalush and Sloman reveal the clandestine agreements in which the British and Americans recruited Houdini to be an active secret agent. In exchange for his cooperation, the governments of these two countries facilitated his rise to the top of the world stage. The authors give thrilling accounts of his assignments, such as his participation in early aerial surveillance and his use of his own magic magazine to communicate espionage-related information. After the war, Houdini embarked upon what became his most dangerous mission when he took on the Spiritualist movement. Convinced that Spiritualist mediums were frauds, he became obsessed with exposing them. But the Spiritualists were a powerful adversary. An organized network of fanatics, led by Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle, worked relentlessly to orchestrate a campaign that would silence Houdini forever. Grounded in solid research, but as exciting and dramatic as a good thriller, THE SECRET LIFE OF HOUDINI traces the magician's long and circuitous route from struggling vaudevillian to worldwide legend.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13
9781847390820
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92077691
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2007
Book Title
The Secret Life of Houdini: the Making of America's First Superhero
Number of Pages
608 Pages
Language
English
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
198 mm
Item Width
129 mm
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United Kingdom
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