{"product_id":"escape-the-story-of-the-great-houdini-9780060850944","title":"Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sid Fleischman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Greenwillow Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Greenwillow Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography - Performing Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho was this man who could walk through brick walls and, with a snap of his fingers, vanish elephants? In these pages you will meet the astonishing Houdini--magician, ghost chaser, daredevil, pioneer aviator, and king of escape artists. No jail cell or straitjacket could hold him! He shucked off handcuffs as easily as gloves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fresh, witty biography of the most famous bamboozler since Merlin, Sid Fleischman, a former professional magician, enriches his warm homage with insider information and unmaskings. Did Houdini really pick the jailhouse lock to let a fellow circus performer escape? Were his secrets really buried with him? Was he a bum magician, as some rivals claimed? How did he manage to be born in two cities, in two countries, on two continents at the same instant? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are the stories of how a knockabout kid named Ehrich Weiss, the son of an impoverished rabbi, presto-changoed himself into the legendary Harry Houdini. Here, too, are rare photographs never before seen by the general reader! \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greenwillow Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45355543199895,"sku":"9780060850944","price":1076.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780060850944.webp?v=1767670993","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/escape-the-story-of-the-great-houdini-9780060850944","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}