Houdini'S Paper Magic
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Houdini'S Paper Magic by Harry Houdini
The manual consists of four parts: paper tricks, paper folding, paper tearing, and paper puzzles. 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 and to carefully tearing paper to produce a ladder, a five-pointed star, a string of dancing skeletons, and other intricate figures. The final part presents several challenging paper puzzles based on geometric forms.
Harry Houdini (1874 – 1926) was born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary, and immigrated to the United States to pursue a career as a circus trapeze artist. Starting around 1900, Houdini's spectacular escapes from shackles, ropes, and handcuffs, as well as from numerous secured containers, gained him an international renown. He permitted himself to be suspended in a straitjacket, head down, about 75 feet above earth, in front of hundreds of people, and then liberated himself. He became so well-known that he appeared in motion pictures from 1916 to 1923, demonstrating his incredible abilities. Houdini battled against mind readers, mediums, and others who claimed supernatural abilities in his final years. He claimed that they were charlatans who created all of their results using natural methods and techniques.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780486814773 |
| ISBN 10 | 0486814777 |
| Title | Houdini'S Paper Magic |
| Author | Harry Houdini |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Year published | 2017-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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