A collection of tricks actually used by Harry Houdini. 'Harry you are fooled!' cries Sam Margules, a Magic Show producer and former assistant of the Whirlwind Illusionist, Horace Goldin. Buy a cheap copy of Houdinis Book of Magic Tricks book by Harry Houdini. 'They make them in ink now!' Houdini splutters but no magician in the room has ever heard of these devices using ink. But Vernon points out that Houdini's initials are written in ink. 'You must have a dupilcate card!' Houdini guesses, Vernon calmly points outs: 'With your initials, Harry?' Houdini then suggests that Vernon must have used a well-known mentalist's device.
ingenious escape devices, with diagrams of the more complicated tricks.
Houdini was astounded and Vernon repeated the trick. A professional magician and friend of Houdini, Cannell rationally explains how. The forty-eight year old Houdini was so confident in his knowledge of magic that he had an. Houdini returned his card to middle of the deck and, with a snap of Vernon's fingers, it magically appeared on the top. In 1922, Harry Houdini was the most famous magician in the world. Vernon had Houdini choose a card and then sign the chosen card with his initials 'HH'. The trick Dai Vernon chose to fool Houdini with was his own version of the classic ambitious card routine, so named because the spectator's chosen card always wants to get to the top of the deck. But Vernon would not repeat his trick three times in a row - Dai Vernon repeated it SEVEN TIMES and Houdini could not get it! The forty-eight year old Houdini was so confident in his knowledge of magic that he had an open challenge to all fellow magicians - 'show me any trick three times in a row and I'll be able to tell you how you did it.' At the Great Northern Hotel in Chicago, Dai Vernon took the great Houdini up on his challenge. Dutton & Co., New York, 1922 edition.In 1922, Harry Houdini was the most famous magician in the world. The final part presents several challenging paper puzzles based on geometric forms.Įxplore this side of Houdini that you never knew, and learn some great magic at the same time! The first section reveals the secrets behind such magic tricks as "The Dancing Sailor" and "The Spirit Communication." Subsequent sections offer guides to folding a bird, a bullfrog, a hat, and other traditional origami models, as well as carefully tearing paper to produce a ladder, a five-pointed star, a string of dancing skeletons, and other intricate figures. The manual consists of four parts: paper tricks, paper folding, paper tearing, and paper puzzles. Houdini's easy-to-follow directions, many of them accompanied by illustrations, are accessible to readers of all ages and skill levels. The master sleight-of-hand artist explains how to use the simplest of props ? sheets of paper ? to completely captivate audiences. Aspiring illusionists can learn from one of the world's greatest magicians with this facsimile of a 1922 book by Harry Houdini.
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