Research Catalog

Title

The metamorphosis : the apprenticeship of Harry Houdini / Bruce MacNab.

Author

MacNab, Bruce, 1965-

Publication

Fredericton, NB : Goose Lane Editions, c2012.

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Holdings

Details

Description

366 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Tale of Harry Houdini's early years as magician in the theatre circuit in Eastern Canada.

Subject

• Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 > Travel > Maritime Provinces
• 1800-1899
• Magicians > Travel > Maritime Provinces
• Magic shows > Maritime Provinces > History > 19th century
• Maritime Provinces > Social life and customs > 19th century

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: pt. One Setting the Stage -- ch. One Houdini 101 -- ch. Two Working on the Railroad -- ch. Three Nova Scotia Bound! -- pt. Two Yarmouth, Nova Scotia -- ch. Four Houdini Lands in Canada -- ch. Five Handcuff King -- ch. Six Opening Night -- pt. Three New Brunswick -- ch. Seven Footlights and Fog Banks -- ch. Eight Maniac Cuff -- ch. Nine Household of Wrecked Minds -- ch. Ten Port City Problems -- ch. Eleven Marco Loses His Buttons -- ch. Twelve Change of Programme -- ch. Thirteen Houdini Meets the White Mahatma -- ch. Fourteen Deception at the Dufferin -- ch. Fifteen Svengali and Trilby Take on Saint John -- ch. Sixteen Off With Her Head -- ch. Seventeen Riders in the Storm -- ch. Eighteen Secrets for Sale -- pt. Four Halifax, Nova Scotia -- ch. Nineteen Hoodwinked in Halifax -- ch. Twenty Anniversaries and Adversities -- ch. Twenty-One I'm in the Jailhouse Now -- ch. Twenty-Two Countdown to Curtain Time -- ch. Twenty-Three Entertainment for the Few -- ch. Twenty-Four Try, Try Again -- ch. Twenty-Five Disaster at the Academy -- ch. Twenty-Six Marco Loses His Magic -- pt. Five Houdini the Headliner -- ch. Twenty-Seven Redemption -- ch. Twenty-Eight Tied Up in Truro -- ch. Twenty-Nine Magician Among the Hillers -- ch. Thirty Where Mystery Sets Sail -- ch. Thirty-One Cursed in Chignecto -- ch. Thirty-Two Natural Phenomena -- ch. Thirty-Three Barnstorming -- ch. Thirty-Four Houdini at Hickman's -- ch. Thirty-Five City of Jailbreakers -- ch. Thirty-Six Homeward Bound.

ISBN

• 9780864926777
• 0864926774

OCLC

• 794300812
• SCSB-11075386

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library