Harry Houdini for Kids: His Life and Adventures with 21 Magic Tricks and Illusions
by Laurie Carlson
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From his impoverished childhood to his feat of becoming one of the most successful entertainers of all time, this fascinating biography presents a memorable portrait of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. Guidelines for 21 fun magic tricks are also provided, including how to stick a needle into a balloon without popping it, how to step through a note card, and how to make a coin vanish. Illustrating the science and logic behind many of Houdini's most notable acts, the magic-based show more activities also explain his famous Milk Can Escape through an accessibl show lessTags
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Laurie Winn Carlson, PHD, has taught history of medicine classes at several Pacific Northwest universities. She currently teaches at Western Oregon University and is the author of twenty books, including William J. Spillman and the Birth of Agricultural Economics and A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials. She lives show more in the Pacific Northwest, where sunlight is fleeting and appreciated. show less
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- Harry Houdini for Kids: His Life and Adventures with 21 Magic Tricks and Illusions
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- Nonfiction, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 793.8092 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Indoor games and amusements Magic tricks, juggling, ventriloquism Biography; History By Place Biography
- LCC
- GV1545 .H8 .C33 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Games and amusements Parlor magic and tricks
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Ebook
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