Houdini

The Handcuff King

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By Jason Lutes

Illustrated by Nick Bertozzi

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"I have escaped out of more handcuffs, manacles, and leg shackles than any other human being living."
 
Harry Houdini mesmerized a generation of Americans when he was alive, and continues to do so over ninety years since his death. This is a snapshot of The Handcuff King's life, centering on one of his most famous feats. As Houdini prepares for a death-defying leap into the icy Charles River in Boston, biographer Jason Lutes and artist Nick Bertozzi reveal Houdini's life and influence: from the antisemitism Houdini fought all his life, to the adulation of the American public from his hounding by the press, to his loving relationship with his wife Bess from his egoism to his insecurity from his public persona–to the secret behind his most amazing trick! And it's all in graphic form, so it's fresh, original, and unlike anything previously published about this most fascinating of American showmen.

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On Sale
Sep 24, 2019
Page Count
96 pages
Publisher
Little, Brown Ink
ISBN-13
9781368022316