The Metamorphosis
The Apprenticeship of Harry Houdini| By: | Bruce MacNab |
| Publisher: | ACP - Goose Lane Editions |
| Print ISBN: | 9780864926777 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780864927606 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2012 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Winner, Best Atlantic Published Book Award
Shortlisted, Canadian Regional Design Awards
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 photographs, Bruce MacNab recounts a fascinating but shockingly untold chapter in the career of the man whose name is still synonymous with the word magic.