Sunday, October 9, 2022

PATERON: Houdini's 12-page love letter to Bess


In my first blog post about my visit to the incredible Harry Ransom Center, I mentioned reading a 12-page stream of consciousness love letter from Houdini to Bess. To start October off with a bang, I've made the full letter available on my Pateron. Just click below and feel the love!


If you are not a patron--and this still doesn't convince you to join--that's fine. You can still see many treasures from the Harry Ransom Center via the links below, with more to come!

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6 comments:

  1. Leo HeviaOctober 9, 2022 at 8:18 AM

    Ha, ha! Where did that image come from? That little angel with the bayonet rifle guarding them.

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    1. John CoxOctober 9, 2022 at 8:23 AM

      It's from a 1930 article by Ada Patterson in The World Magazine. Also in Ransom Center.

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    2. Leo HeviaOctober 9, 2022 at 12:04 PM

      Is the Patterson article about Houdini's love letters? What was the article about?

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    3. John CoxOctober 9, 2022 at 12:47 PM

      Yep, it's about Houdini's love letters. But different ones from those I read at the HRC.

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    4. Leo HeviaOctober 10, 2022 at 4:46 PM

      That Patterson article deserves a post unto itself.

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    5. John CoxOctober 10, 2022 at 5:53 PM

      There was nothing revelatory in it.

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