In rural Pennsylvania, a thirteen-year-old girl finds the courage to leave a violent home after learning that Houdini ran away to join the circus she eventually becomes the first female magician to saw a man in half on television.
Every generation produces new disciples of the magician, from household names in magic like David Copperfield and David Blaine to countless other followers whose lives have been transformed by the power of Houdini. The dog who vanishes and reappears in the neighbor’s garden? Houdini.
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The baby who frees herself from her crib? Houdini. The name Houdini still leaps to mind whenever we witness a daring escape. Nearly a century after Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926, he feels as modern and alive as ever. Joe Posnanski enters the colorful world of Harry Houdini and his legions of devoted fans to explore the illusionist’s impact on global culture-and why his legacy endures to this day.
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