Harry Houdini was fascinated with magic from a very young age. OL2082012W Page_number_confidence 94.34 Pages 398 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0. The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini Ruth Brandon Snippet view - 1993 The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini Ruth Brandon Snippet view - 1993 The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini. Some people still believe that Houdinis death was more than an accident. By the author of "The New Women and the Old Men", and "Being Divine".Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 11:00:59 Boxid IA40123409 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier More complex than simply seeing a small man triumph against the odds, she claims that his escapes can be read as drama of death and resurrection, a signal, perhaps, that one can return from the other side. Brandon argues that it is in the death that the key to Houdini's life, and success, is to be found. Brandon examines the phenomenon of fame - what is it that compels a man to perform acts of near-suicidal bravado to gain public acclaim, and what is it that draws vast crowds of people to watch? She considers the nature of a man whom she believes was probably sexually repressed, and yet performed almost naked draped in chains and manacles, who wrote love letters to his wife - who was in another room - five times a day, and who struggled obsessively for years to prove or disprove the existence of life after death. His tricks, and they usually were tricks, were very clever and effective, but the author argues that the man himself was far more interesting than they were. When we think of Houdini, we think of a small man, manacled, jumping off a bridge into icy water, suspended from a skyscraper or emerging, seemingly against the odds, from a sealed coffin. An edition of The life and many deaths of Harry Houdini (1993) The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini by Brandon, Ruth. Over 60 years after his death, his death-defying escapes still inspire imitators and ad-men. Brandon examines the phenomenon of fame - what is it. When we think of Houdini, we think of a small man, manacled, jumping off a bridge into icy water, suspended from a skyscraper or emerging, seemingly against the odds, from a sealed coffin.
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