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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
By the year 1919, Harry Houdini was known throughout the world as a master magician and escape artist. Having conquered the stage, he set out to rule the screen, appearing in a series of thrillers built upon his almost supernatural powers. Culled from film archives and private collections, this film includes all of Houdini's surviving films as an actor, rare footage of actual handcuff and straitjacket escapes, and a wealth of historical information....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
By the year 1919, Harry Houdini was known throughout the world as a master magician and escape artist. Having conquered the stage, he set out to rule the screen, appearing in a series of thrillers built upon his almost supernatural powers. Culled from film archives and private collections, this film includes all of Houdini's surviving films as an actor, rare footage of actual handcuff and straitjacket escapes, and a wealth of historical information....
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini lives in the house where Houdini spent his final years, so he has always been interested in the famous magician, and has even learned a few simple magic tricks; he just never expected Houdini to contact him from beyond the grave--and what Houdini wants him to do could well cost Harry his own life.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Draws on newly uncovered archives to reveal Houdini's secret work as a spy for the United States and England, his post-war efforts to expose the fraudulent activities of spiritualist mediums, and the plot organized by Arthur Conan Doyle to have him murdered.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Before escape artist Harry Houdini died, he vowed he would find a way to speak to his beloved wife Bess from beyond the grave using a coded message known only to the two of them. When a widowed Bess begins seeing this code in seemingly impossible places, it becomes clear that Harry has an urgent message to convey. Unlocking the puzzle will set Bess on a course back through the pairs extraordinary romance, which swept the illusionist and his bride...
11) The magician and the spirits: Harry Houdini and the curious pastime of communicating with the dead
Author
Publisher
Viking, Viking Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
"Famed illusionist Harry Houdini embarks on a quest to investigate spiritual phenomena and the possibility of communication with those on the "other side.""--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Profiling his early years, personal life, and great accomplishments in show business, the story of magician Harry Houdini comes to life through a review of his greatest tricks and most amazing feats.
Author
Series
Houdini & Nate mysteries volume 1
Houdini and Nate mysteries volume 1
Houdini and Nate mystery volume 1
Houdini and Nate mysteries volume 1
Houdini and Nate mystery volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Nathaniel, aided by the famous magician Harry Houdini, plots to unmask a phony spirit advisor attempting to relieve the boy's great-aunt of her fortune.
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Harry Houdini. Say his name and a number of things come to mind. Escapes. Illusions. Magic. Chains. Safes. Live burials. Close to a century after his death, nearly every person in America knows his name from a young age, capturing their imaginations with his death-defying stunts and daring acts. He inspired countless people, from all walks of life, to find something magical within themselves. This is a book about a man and his extraordinary life,...
Author
Series
Houdini & Nate mysteries volume 2
Houdini and Nate mysteries volume 2
Houdini and Nate mystery volume 2
Houdini and Nate mysteries volume 2
Houdini and Nate mystery volume 2
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While traveling to England with his mother and great-aunt on the ocean liner Lusitania in 1911, thirteen-year-old Nate, delighted to find that the Houdinis are also on board, finds himself involved in another dangerous adventure as he and Houdini try to find the man responsible for attempting to assassinate another passenger--President Theodore Roosevelt.
Author
Series
Time spies volume 4
Publisher
Mirrorstone
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Alex and his sisters travel back in time to the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, where they work with young Harry Houdini to track down a thief.
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