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David Jaher

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History, Nonfiction

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August 2015

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David Jaher received a BA from Brandeis University and an MFA from New York University, where he was the recipient of the Johnson Fellowship. His first book, The Witch of Lime Street, was an NPR “Best Book of 2015,” which called the work “utterly spellbinding.” His debut was a starred Publishers Weekly Book of the Week, an Amazon Book of the Month, and is currently (2023) an Amazon Editor's choice for Best History. The Witch of Lime Street has received praise in many newspapers and publications, including The New York Review of Books, which called it a “stunning and brilliantly written account of the battle between the Great Houdini and the blonde Witch of of Lime Street,” as well as The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, ...more

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Average rating: 3.43 · 2,245 ratings · 491 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World 3.43 avg rating — 2,244 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	2015 WITCH OF LIME STREET OCCULT PRACTITIONER CONAN DOYLE HOUDINI MARGERY FIRST [Hardcover] DAVID JAHER liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“In those days life was like the race in Alice in Wonderland,” said F. Scott Fitzgerald, “there was a prize for everyone.”
― David Jaher, The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World

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“It was there that Baron von Schrenck-Notzing, a neurologist, was conducting tests involving intimate scrutiny of Richet’s prized subject, the famed medium Eva C, who was thought to issue ectoplasm, the “miracle fluid,” from between her legs.”
― David Jaher, The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World

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