The magician and the spirits : Harry Houdini and the curious pastime of communicating with the dead / Deborah Noyes.
| Author/creator | Noyes, Deborah author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2017. |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | 152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Harry and Bess Houdini, spirit mediums -- Dealings with the dead -- The mother's boy -- The torch bearer -- "In the light" -- Manifestations! -- A menace to health and sanity -- Science and sincerity -- It takes a flimflammer to catch a flimflammer -- The end (or is it?) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Picture credits -- Index. |
| Abstract | "Famed illusionist Harry Houdini embarks on a quest to investigate spiritual phenomena and the possibility of communication with those on the "other side.""-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-146) and index. |
| Audience | 1250 Lexile |
| Awards note | A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.) |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2016053762 |
| ISBN | 9780803740181 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0803740182 |