The magician and the spirits : Harry Houdini and the curious pastime of communicating with the dead /

"Famed illusionist Harry Houdini embarks on a quest to investigate spiritual phenomena and the possibility of communication with those on the "other side.""--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Noyes, Deborah (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2017]
Subjects:
Table of 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.