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Harry Houdini


Born
in Budapest, Hungary
March 22, 1874

Died
October 31, 1926

Website

Genre
Nonfiction, Crafts & Hobbies

Influences
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin ...more


Harry Houdini, whose birth name in Hungary was Erik Weisz (which was changed to Ehrich Weiss when he immigrated to the United States), was a Jewish Hungarian American magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever) and stunt performer, as well as a skeptic and investigator of spiritualists, film producer and actor. Harry Houdini forever changed the world of magic and escapes.

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Average rating: 3.86 · 2,539 ratings · 324 reviews · 147 distinct works • Similar authors
The Right Way to Do Wrong: ...
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3.58 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 1906 — 2 editions
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Handcuff Secrets
4.52 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 1909 — 2 editions
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Miracle Mongers and Their M...
3.59 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 1920 — 104 editions
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A Magician Among the Spirits
4.10 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2011 — 52 editions
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Houdini on Magic (Dover Mag...
3.99 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1953 — 2 editions
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On Deception (On Series)
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3.47 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
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Sherlock Holmes contra Houdini
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Weird Tales: Best of the Ea...
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The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin
3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1908 — 51 editions
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The Book of Houdini
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“Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.”
― Harry Houdini
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“I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and batter myself against the floor, the walls; I strain and sob and exhaust myself, and begin again, and exhaust myself again; but do I feel pain? Never. How can I feel pain? There is no place for it.”
― Harry Houdini
tags: determination, pain, stoicism
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“I'm tired of fighting, Dash. I guess this thing is going to get me.”
― Harry Houdini
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