Magical Master -- Randy Series

Author: James Randi
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features: As many people as there are, there are as many stories about Harry Houdini. His magic performance program reads like a long novel: escape from ropes, making an elephant disappear, walking through walls, escaping from a milk pail, escaping from a Chinese water prison, escaping from a box thrown into the river, and so on. He was a master of escape, an art he created, where he reached unparalleled heights. But first, he was a circus owner who created true magic. He struck with the American spirit repeatedly, making him a legendary figure. Starting from a poor boy, he grasped the world he was part of, and in his brief 52 years of life, he seized all the fame and praise a person could hope for, and even more. He was a magician, a historian, a king of success, a dazzling star, a legendary figure, an enigmatic puzzle. He was Harry Houdini, and that was his calling.