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He was the greatest escape artist who ever lived. Famous for jumping handcuffed off bridges, dangling upside down in a straitjacket, and breaking out of jails all over America and Europe, Harry Houdini was a death-defying, self-liberating, American superhero. Born Erik Weisz, he was also the son of a rabbi and a Jewish immigrant who escaped his impoverished childhood thanks to talent and ferocious determination. But long after he achieved fame and fortune, Houdini continued to push the boundaries and flirt with death. In his new biography, Houdini: The Elusive American, acclaimed author Adam Begley tracks the restless magicians wide-ranging exploits and questions not how Houdini did it, but why. Illuminating Houdinis carefully constructed career - his advertising genius, his crusade against spiritualists, and his relationship with Arthur Conan Doyle - Begley speaks with author Margalit Fox (Conan Doyle for the Defense) about his books central question: What kind of man was this?
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Jewish Lives is Yales prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity.
Presented by Center for Jewish History & Yale University Press Jewish Lives Series
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15 West 16th St.
New York, NY 10011
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