Harry Houdini took his stage name from the French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin and treated his memoirs as gospel, until his own research convinced him his hero had claimed other men’s inventions. Here he sets out the evidence trick by trick: the orange tree, the writing and drawing automaton, the pastry cook of the Palais Royal, the inexhaustible bottle and more.
A combative, fascinating piece of magic history from the most famous performer of his age. Download the free EPUB.