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The Life And Death Of Harry Houdini
ByMark Lambert
Born into complete poverty and obscurity, by the time he died, Harry Houdini had become one of the most recognized magicians, escape artists, and stage performers of all time.
Throughout his lifetime, he'd devise a library of new magical techniques that would forever change how stage-magic was done. Along the way, he also forged the prototype for a new kind of magician — a prestidigitator who made his craft real and relatable outside of the stage.
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He hung from cranes. He buried himself alive. He got himself incarcerated. Harry Houdini was a master of publicity with a knack for making sleight of hand magic seem both gritty and real.
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He was also an inventor, a pioneer aviator, a (failed) movie star, and a passionate advocate for rational skepticism.
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Who was this living legend? How did an impoverished shoeshine and grifter on the streets of New York City become The Great Harry Houdini?