Handcuff Secrets

by Harry Houdini

This Amazon Kindle eBook is a near-exact reproduction of the title authored by the greatest escape artist born yet, magician Harry Houdini, in 1907. Born on 24 Mar 1874 in Budapest, the author moved to the USA in 1878. Starting out as an ordinary magician, he took Illinois by storm by performing his handcuff act in 1899. Within months he became known all over the USA. The rest is history.

In this volume, Houdini demonstrates with pictures, the various methods of undoing locks, handcuffs, straitjackets and kindred devices. He travels to various countries of the world and takes on the greatest performers in his sphere, of many lands. The man whom no lock could restrain wrote this book at the young age of 23. He wrote one before and five later and was also a very capable and unbiased author in his own right.

Genres: Nonfiction, Magic, History

96 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1909

About the author

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.

Reviews

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[Ana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice book if you're an enthusiast, otherwise you'll find it very boring

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[Tom Ruffles · Rating 2 out of 5]

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