The magician and the spirits, Harry Houdini and the curious pastime of communicating with the dead, Deborah Noyes
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The magician and the spirits, Harry Houdini and the curious pastime of communicating with the dead, Deborah Noyes
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-146) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrationsportraits
Index
index present
Intended audience
Ages 10 up
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The magician and the spirits
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
976423774
Responsibility statement
Deborah Noyes
Sub title
Harry Houdini and the curious pastime of communicating with the dead
Summary
A century ago, the curious idea that spirits not only survive death but can be contacted on the other side was widespread. Psychic mediums led countless sances, claiming to connect the grieving with their lost relations through everything from frenzied trance writing to sticky expulsions of ectoplasm
Target audience
juvenile
Creator
Subject
- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Biography
- Spiritualism
- Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 -- Juvenile literature
- Magicians
- Spiritualism -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Games & Activities / Magic
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying
- Escape artists
- Escape artists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926
- United States
- Magicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Biography
- Spiritualism
- Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 -- Juvenile literature
- Magicians
- Spiritualism -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Games & Activities / Magic
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying
- Escape artists
- Escape artists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926
- United States
- Magicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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