The Resource Houdini : the elusive American, Adam Begley
Houdini : the elusive American, Adam Begley
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The item Houdini : the elusive American, Adam Begley represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- "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 Mystifier's 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 Houdini's wide-ranging exploits, acclaimed biographer Adam Begley tells the story of a mystifying man's astonishing career"--Dust jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 216 pages
- Contents
-
- Prologue: The Chinese water torture cell
- A father's legacy
- From dime museums to vaudeville
- The handcuff king conquers Europe
- Return of the hero
- Aloft down under
- The great dissolution
- Making movies
- Among the spirits
- Sucker punch
- Ever after
- Isbn
- 9780300230796
- Label
- Houdini : the elusive American
- Title
- Houdini
- Title remainder
- the elusive American
- Statement of responsibility
- Adam Begley
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 Mystifier's 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 Houdini's wide-ranging exploits, acclaimed biographer Adam Begley tells the story of a mystifying man's astonishing career"--Dust jacket flap
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Begley, Adam
- Dewey number
- 793.8092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV1545.H8
- LC item number
- B44 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Jewish lives
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Houdini, Harry
- Escape artists
- Magicians
- Label
- Houdini : the elusive American, Adam Begley
- Bar code
-
- 31223132616971
- 31223132616963
- 31223132616955
- 31223132616989
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: The Chinese water torture cell -- A father's legacy -- From dime museums to vaudeville -- The handcuff king conquers Europe -- Return of the hero -- Aloft down under -- The great dissolution -- Making movies -- Among the spirits -- Sucker punch -- Ever after
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 216 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300230796
- Lccn
- 2019947803
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1112892183
- Label
- Houdini : the elusive American, Adam Begley
- Bar code
-
- 31223132616971
- 31223132616963
- 31223132616955
- 31223132616989
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: The Chinese water torture cell -- A father's legacy -- From dime museums to vaudeville -- The handcuff king conquers Europe -- Return of the hero -- Aloft down under -- The great dissolution -- Making movies -- Among the spirits -- Sucker punch -- Ever after
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 216 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300230796
- Lccn
- 2019947803
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1112892183
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