The last greatest magician in the world Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the battles of the American wizards

A biography of magician Howard Thurston that explores the stage and psychological rivalry between Thurston and Harry Houdini during the first decades of the twentieth century.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steinmeyer, Jim, 1958-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, c2011.
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300 |a 377 p., [8] p. of plates :  |b ill., ports. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-369) and index. 
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600 1 0 |a Thurston, Howard,  |d 1869-1936. 
600 1 0 |a Houdini, Harry,  |d 1874-1926. 
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