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The magician and the spirits : Harry Houdini and the curious pastime of communicating with the dead
- Title
- The magician and the spirits : Harry Houdini and the curious pastime of communicating with the dead / Deborah Noyes.
- Author
- Noyes, Deborah
- Publication
- New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House [2017]
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Details
- Description
- 152 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Famed illusionist Harry Houdini embarks on a quest to investigate spiritual phenomena and the possibility of communication with those on the "other side.""--
- Subject
- Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 > Juvenile literature
- Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926
- Magicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Escape artists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Spiritualism
- Spiritualism > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Games & Activities / Magic
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying
- Escape artists
- Magicians
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-146) and index.
- Awards (note)
- A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)
- Contents
- Introduction -- Harry and Bess Houdini, spirit mediums -- Dealings with the dead -- The mother's boy -- The torch bearer -- "In the light" -- Manifestations! -- A menace to health and sanity -- Science and sincerity -- It takes a flimflammer to catch a flimflammer -- The end (or is it?) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Picture credits -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-7189
- ISBN
- 9780803740181
- 0803740182
- LCCN
- 2016053762
- 40028324102
- OCLC
- 976423774
- Author
- Noyes, Deborah, author.
- Title
- The magician and the spirits : Harry Houdini and the curious pastime of communicating with the dead / Deborah Noyes.
- Publisher
- New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-146) and index.
- Awards
- A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028324102
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-7189