Houdini: A Life Worth Reading by Higher Read

Author:Higher Read [Read, Higher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biographies & Memoirs, Arts & Literature, Actors & Actresses, Entertainers, Leaders & Notable People, Rich & Famous, General Fiction
ISBN: 9781495372155
Amazon: B00I5BB83O
Barnesnoble: B00I5BB83O
Goodreads: 20684931
Publisher: Higher Read, LLC
Published: 2014-01-30T06:00:00+00:00

In the early 1920s Houdini published the book Miracle Mongers and their Methods. Most biographers acknowledge that this book was really ghostwritten, even though it does draw heavily on Houdini’s many experiences during his early career in vaudeville and circus performance.

Houdini’s crusade to expose fraudulent mediums led to his publication of another work of significant length, a book called A Magician Among the Spirits. This book was organized around exposures of famous mediums from history, and chapters explaining the various phenomena produced by “physical” mediums—those who produced physical effects such as the movement of objects, the production of ectoplasm, and the writing or drawing of words and pictures rather than who proclaimed to have psychic powers. Although Houdini prided himself on producing a work of historical accuracy and scientific significance, in reality A Magician Among the Spirits, although well received, contained a number of errors and plenty of personal biases, including a rant against Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (see Chapter XI). It is also a matter of debate how much of the work Houdini produced himself and how much he farmed out to ghostwriters.

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