Both books provide excellent examinations of specific episodes and challenges from Houdini's career. I would recommend Legend & Legacy in particular as it contains rare photos of Houdini exposing the Mysto coffin escape, and also shots of him from a 1920 The Illustrated Chronicle climbing to the top of a castle in Newcastle and hanging from the parapet (which recalls the scene in Death Defying Acts when Houdini climbs atop a parapet in Edinburgh).
Thanks to Eric Fry for the tip.
UPDATE: Looks like printed versions of the books can still be purchased at rogerwoodsmagic.co.uk.
Cheers.
ReplyDeleteJust a note. If anybody wants one still available here.
http://www.rogerwoodsmagic.co.uk/publications
Just ordered mine.
:-)
NC
Are those are print versions? Cool. I've added the link to the story. Thanks.
DeleteSeems so. International cost £14 and £10 respectively.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the good work, as always. NC
Many thanks for these kind comments. After some years out of print we decided to issue a pdf version of Houdini The Myth Maker via Lybrary.com and have added some of our other books too including Harry Houdini Legend & Legacy. Print versions are available on my web site www.rogerwoodsmagic.co.uk
ReplyDeleteThe 2013 edition of Houdini The Myth Maker is a comb bound reprint of the original. There are still a few copies left of the original print version of Harry Houdini Legend & Legacy. By the way this is a wonderful blog about Houdini.
Best wishes
Roger Woods
Thank you, Roger.
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