Ebook: The metamorphosis: the apprenticeship of Harry Houdini
Author: Houdini Harry, MacNab Bruce
- Tags: Magiciens, Magiciens--Voyages--Provinces maritimes--19e siècle, Spectacles de magie--Provinces maritimes--Histoire--19e siècle, Biography, Houdini Harry -- 1874-1926 -- Voyages -- Provinces maritimes, Magiciens -- Biographies, Magiciens -- Voyages -- Provinces maritimes -- 19e siècle, Spectacles de magie -- Provinces maritimes -- Histoire -- 19e siècle, Provinces maritimes -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 19e siècle
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
- City: Fredericton;NB;Provinces maritimes
- Language: English
- epub
Winner, Best Atlantic Published Book Award
Shortlisted, Canadian Regional Design Awardmet-a-mor-pho-sis: a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic or witchcraft.
In May of 1896, a young magician from New York City joined the cast of the Marco Magic Company and embarked on a summer-long tour of eastern Canada, including New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It was during this excursion that Handcuff Harry AKA Harry Houdini first showcased the talent that transformed him from a small-time conjurer, who performed for pennies in dime museums, into the world's most celebrated escape artist. When he wasn't performing on stage, Houdini was barnstorming through the streets of every town and city he visited, astounding onlookers in police stations, hardware stores and hospitals by freeing himself from the clutches of every restraining device strapped or wrapped around him.
In this absorbing book, enriched by rare, period...