Bibliograph

Houdini, art and magic, Brooke Kamin Rapaport ; with contributions by Alan Brinkley ... [et al.]

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Houdini, art and magic, Brooke Kamin Rapaport ; with contributions by Alan Brinkley ... [et al.]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-253) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Houdini

Nature of contents

filmographiesbibliographycatalogs

Oclc number

540644081

Responsibility statement

Brooke Kamin Rapaport ; with contributions by Alan Brinkley ... [et al.]

Sub title

art and magic

Table Of Contents

Houdini's transformation in visual culture / Brooke Kamin Rapaport -- The immigrant world of Harry Houdini / Alan Brinkley -- Houdini's the rabbi's son / Kenneth Silverman -- Bess : the magician's assistant, the magician's wife / Hasia R. Diner -- Drawings by Raymond Pettibon -- Considering Houdini : interviews / E.L. Doctorow ... [et al.] -- The many lives of Harry and Bess Houdini : a chronology / Gabriel de Guzman -- Houdini's magic apparatus : needle threading, handcuffs, metamorphosis trunk, milk can, water torture cell, straitjacket

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