Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an exuberant biography of the worlds greatest escape artist Will leave [readers] entertained and astonished, and thats a kind of magic of its own.Jerry Z. Muller, Jewish Review of Books In 1916, the war in Europe having prevented a tour abroad, Harry Houdini wrote a film treatment for a rollicking motion picture. Though the movie was never made, its title, The Marvelous Adventures of Houdini: The Justly Celebrated Elusive American, provides a succinct summary of the Master Mystifiers life. Born Erik Weisz in Budapest in 1874, Houdini grew up an impoverished Jewish immigrant in the Midwest and became world-famous thanks to talent, industry, and ferocious determination. He concealed as a matter of temperament and professional ethics the secrets of his sensational success. Nobody knows how Houdini performed some of his dazzling, death-defying tricks, and nobody knows, finally, why he felt compelled to punish and imprison himself over and over again. Tracking the restless Houdinis wide-ranging exploits, acclaimed biographer Adam Begley tells the story of a mystifying mans astonishing career. About Jewish Lives: Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award. More praise for Jewish Lives: Excellent.New York Times Exemplary.Wall Street Journal Distinguished.New Yorker Superb.The Guardian An exuberant biography of the worlds greatest escape artist Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N� de r�f. du vendeur 9780300230796

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Houdini: The Elusive American (Jewish Lives) (First Edition)

Begley, Adam

Edit� par Yale University Press, New Haven (2020)

ISBN 10 : 0300230796 ISBN 13 : 9780300230796

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Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : New. 1st Edition. New Haven, YALE, 2020. First edition. First printing (with full number line including 1). Hardbound. Very Fine in a very fine jacket. A clean tight unread copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($26.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. N� de r�f. du vendeur YALE-65