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So this book came out on Halloween. Being as my interest in magic was sparked by the Houdini movie starring Tony Curtis and then recently the flames were flamed by my beloved and eccentric inlaws, i immediately rushed out and bought this book.
Did i mention i once was nerdy enough to perform a magic show in 4th grade?
i am barely 100 pages in and I love this book. not just because it seems to be deeply researched or FULL of archival photos I have NEVER seen before. No i love this book because Houdini apparently spent his life, as I try to, collecting strange people to interact with and in some cases befriend.
It seems as though every other page has some throwaway comment about houdini meeting a women who not only was immune to poison and pain but had her life ended in a double murder suicide love triangle! THAT is a whole 'nother book right there. he was a fan of Lincoln, he was at a Big expo with Tesla, he was most likely recruited to be a spy! One time he told his wife he was gonna run and get some ice cream for their train ride As the train was pulling away he comes running up with a carton of ice cream for everyone on the train car and tips the porter a generous amount of money. it turns out he ran across a crap game and hit it huge! i wonder if the guys even knew it was Houdini? Or if there was even a crap game at all! Maybe he fought some crime and then used the profits to get ice cream?!?!?
Anyway the whole book is shaping up to be like that. Go read it.
Did i mention i once was nerdy enough to perform a magic show in 4th grade?
i am barely 100 pages in and I love this book. not just because it seems to be deeply researched or FULL of archival photos I have NEVER seen before. No i love this book because Houdini apparently spent his life, as I try to, collecting strange people to interact with and in some cases befriend.
It seems as though every other page has some throwaway comment about houdini meeting a women who not only was immune to poison and pain but had her life ended in a double murder suicide love triangle! THAT is a whole 'nother book right there. he was a fan of Lincoln, he was at a Big expo with Tesla, he was most likely recruited to be a spy! One time he told his wife he was gonna run and get some ice cream for their train ride As the train was pulling away he comes running up with a carton of ice cream for everyone on the train car and tips the porter a generous amount of money. it turns out he ran across a crap game and hit it huge! i wonder if the guys even knew it was Houdini? Or if there was even a crap game at all! Maybe he fought some crime and then used the profits to get ice cream?!?!?
Anyway the whole book is shaping up to be like that. Go read it.
