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The Secret Life of Houdini by William Kalush

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Oct 23, 10

Read in October, 2010

A thoroughly fascinating book. Harry Houdini was a truly amazing personality, best known as a renowned magician and illusionist and maybe less known as a crusader to debunk fake mediums during the early 1900s era of Spiritualism. Never one to retreat from a challenge, he often placed his life at great risk to perform ever more complicated escape acts. He was an important historical celebrity and this book does a very good job of supporting that premise.

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