Houdini art and magic

Illustrates Harry Houdini's life and career, covering his daring escapes, cinematic escapades, Broadway career, secretive personal life, and influence on Andy Warhol, Matthew Barney, and Edward Hopper.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rapaport, Brooke Kamin
Corporate Author: Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
Other Authors: Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926, Brinkley, Alan
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New Haven : Jewish Museum, under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ; Yale University Press, c2010.
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260 |a New York :  |b Jewish Museum, under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ;  |a New Haven :  |b Yale University Press,  |c c2010. 
300 |a xvii, 261 p.  |b ill. (some col.), ports. ;  |c 27 cm. 
500 |a Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Jewish Museum in New York and three other institutions between Oct. 31, 2010 and May 13, 2012. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Houdini's transformation in visual culture / Brooke Kamin Rapaport -- The immigrant world of Harry Houdini / Alan Brinkley -- Houdini, the rabbi's son / Kenneth Silverman -- Bess : the magician's assistant, the magician's wife / Hasia R. Diner -- Drawings by Raymond Pettibon -- Considering Houdini : interviews / E.L. Doctorow ... [et al.] -- The many lives of Harry and Bess Houdini : a chronology / Gabriel de Guzman -- Houdini's magic apparatus : needle threading, handcuffs, metamorphosis trunk, milk can, water torture cell, straitjacket. 
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