Description: Further DetailsTitle: HoudiniCondition: NewEAN: 9780300230796ISBN: 9780300230796Publisher: Yale University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/12/2020Item Height: 210mmItem Length: 146mmItem Width: 22mmAuthor: Adam BegleyLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The Elusive AmericanISBN-10: 0300230796Description: From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an exuberant biography of the world’s greatest escape artist “Will leave [readers] entertained and astonished, and that’s a kind of magic of its own.”—Jerry Z. Muller, Jewish Review of Books In 1916, the war in Europe having prevented a tour abroad, Harry Houdini wrote a film treatment for a rollicking motion picture. Though the movie was never made, its title, “The Marvelous Adventures of Houdini: The Justly Celebrated Elusive American,” provides a succinct summary of the Master Mystifier’s life. Born Erik Weisz in Budapest in 1874, Houdini grew up an impoverished Jewish immigrant in the Midwest and became world-famous thanks to talent, industry, and ferocious determination. He concealed as a matter of temperament and professional ethics the secrets of his sensational success. Nobody knows how Houdini performed some of his dazzling, death-defying tricks, and nobody knows, finally, why he felt compelled to punish and imprison himself over and over again. Tracking the restless Houdini’s wide-ranging exploits, acclaimed biographer Adam Begley tells the story of a mystifying man’s astonishing career. About Jewish Lives: Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award. More praise for Jewish Lives: “Excellent.”—New York Times “Exemplary.”—Wall Street Journal “Distinguished.”—New Yorker “Superb.”—The GuardianCountry/Region of Manufacture: USBook Series: Jewish LivesGenre: Music Dance & TheatreTopic: BiographyRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Houdini
Title: Houdini
EAN: 9780300230796
ISBN: 9780300230796
Release Date: 05/12/2020
Release Year: 2020
Subtitle: The Elusive American
ISBN-10: 0300230796
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Jewish Lives
Book Title: Houdini : the Elusive American
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Topic: Religious, Magic, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Games & Activities, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 15.3 Oz
Author: Adam Begley
Item Length: 8.2 in
Book Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover