The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero
William Kalush
608 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0743272072
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Language: English
Publish: 1162281600000
American HistoryAudiobookBiographyBiography MemoirHistoricalHistoryMagicMemoirNonfictionResearch
Draws on newly uncovered archives and the co-author’s expertise in magic to reveal Houdini’s secret work as a spy for the United States and England, his post-war efforts to expose the fraudulent activities of spiritualist mediums, and the plot organized by Arthur Conan Doyle to have him murdered. 125,000 first printing.