They would beseech him to just show a sign, move something on the table."Īfter about half an hour, he says, "they threw in the towel, and then it was over." The group went to a really nice bar, drank some scotch and just talked. "They had a medium, and he was very entertaining, calling upon Houdini in a very dramatic way. They had some articles that belonged to Houdini," he says. "The Houdini legacy has taken a new branch," says Hardeen, "because my wife is Navajo, and my children are enrolled members of the Navajo Nation." Please make a note in the special request section if you’d like a signed copy.George Hardeen is shown with his wife, Lena Fowler, and one of his three children, Shonie Fowler Hardeen. It is a book for would-be conjurers, for professional necromancers, for those curious about the methods and means of one of the most enchanting men of the previous century.Īutographed copies (by the writer of the foreword, Gabe Fajuri) are available upon request. This is a technical manual for magicians, complete with illustrations and diagrams, but it is also an astute analysis of the best of Houdini's magic and a readable biography of a man who turned himself into a legend. While doing so, he distinguished himself as a patriot, writer, collector of magic, aviator, movie idol, philanthropist, and crusader against fraudulent spiritualistic practices. He was a public hero who, in his own way, helped sweep out the cobwebs of nineteenth-century thinking. His impact on the world in the early years of the twentieth century was enormous. Once more, Houdini and his wife Bessie mysteriously exchange places in a locked trunk-in three seconds!Īnd Houdini the man is not ignored. Again, in this book, Houdini walks through a brick wall, vanishes a 10,000-pound elephant and is buried alive. Included are the famous escapes: escapes from a padlocked milk can filled with water from locked jail cells from a water-filled Chinese torture cell while suspended upside down from packing cases weighted under water. The spectacular highlights of Houdini's career are described-and explained-here. It is with the aid of Houdini's own scrapbooks and notes that this book was written. Walter Gibson, co-author, was in close touch with Harry Houdini for a number of years before his death and worked with the master magician in preparing material for the book. Now available - a new edition of this classic book! Incredible escapes, fantastic sleight-of-hand-Houdini's most challenging performances are dramatically portrayed in Houdini's Fabulous Magic. Four pieces of the Penn & Teller repertoire were directly inspired by Houdini's Fabulous Magic."
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