L'illusioniste mondialement connu Harry HOUDINI est l'une des figures les plus légendaires de la magie des temps modernes, et probablement le magicien le plus controversé et incompris de tous les temps. Ses tours étaient tellement fantastiques que nombreux sont ceux qui pensait qu'il était un spiritualiste supernaturel, mystique et étonnant.
AU SOMMAIRE :
Chapter 1
- Harry Houdini, his life-story
- Famous spiritualist leader who became his friend
- Accident which brought him a life-partner
- Early struggles
- Ultimate triumph and premature death
Chapter 2
- Houdini's spectacular escapes
- His remarkable failure at magician's club
- Escape from bank-safe
- Iron boiler
- Paper bag
- Mail bag
- Walking through a brick wall
- Buried alive
- Escape from iron box
- Packing-case under water
- The vanishing horseman
- Box and sack
- The needles and thread
- The vanishing elephant
- The mystery of the milk-can
Chapter 3
- Houdini's spiritualist activities
- « Ghosts » from the vasty deep
- Secrets of the locked box
- Mental evidence
- Mystifying passengers in a liner
- "Spirit" writing on sealed slates
- Mediums "controlled"
- The sun worshippers
- Table lifting
- "Spirits" defy bonds
- Messages in blood
- Personal seance-experiences
Chapter 4
- Fakir Wonders
- « Miracles » which Houdini exposed
- My researches
- Stopping the pulse at will
- Walking on fire and broken glass
- Thought-Reading
- Houdini as clairvoyant
- The Indian rope trick
- The boy in the basket
- The mystery of the mango tree
- Sand and water
- Nailing a fakir to wooden blocks
Chapter 5
- Houdini as handcuff king
- How he baffled the police forces of the world
- A Russian prison on wheels
- Impudent rival put to flight
- The cleverness of simplicity
Chapter 6
- Rope-ties a ...Etc
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Présentation de l'éditeur :
Originally published 1930's. A well illustrated compendium of the famous Harry Houdini's magic tricks and illusions. All explained in detail.Many of the earliest magic books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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- ÉditeurCrown Pub
- Date d'édition1989
- ISBN 10 0517676745
- ISBN 13 9780517676745
- ReliureRelié
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