Mr. Posnanski’s new book, “The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini,” is a departure from his exceptional work for Sports Illustrated, NBC Sports and the Kansas City Star.

Harry Houdini was an American magician noted for his sensational escape acts. He first attracted notice in the United States and then on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep ...

Posnanski will speak about his recent book "The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini" at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Jewish Museum Milwaukee which opened a temporary exhibit on Houdini in September.

The book says, however, Houdini approached Lovecraft and Lovecraft’s fellow Providence, R.I., author C.M. Eddy Jr. “jointly to ghostwrite a full-scale book on superstition.” ...

Houdini’s Long Shadow. There are quite a few events and tribute shows planned for Houdini’s 150th around the world, but perhaps the most interesting is the book launch of Houdini’s Last ...

Crown has acquired a non-fiction book by screenwriter David Jehar about the magician Harry Houdini, for an advance that Mr. Jehar said was in the “high six figures.” Mr.

Mrs. Houdini By Victoria Kelly Atria Books, 320 pages, $26. The epigraph of this novel, a fictionalized account of the love story between the escape artist Harry Houdini and his wife, Bess, is a ...

Harry Houdini led what you'd call a busy life, debunking spiritualists, starring in movies, and escaping from handcuffs, straitjackets, and water torture cells. One feat he performed on the side ...

Harry Houdini, written by Christopher Welsh and illustrated by Lalit Kumar Singh, takes... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo Skip to main content ...

One of the most well-known stunts of famed illusionist Harry Houdini, remembered for his escape acts, was the milk can escape, first performed in 1908 at the Columbia Theater in St. Louis. Houdini ...

houdini enemy of spirit mediums NEW YORK, Oct. 31. (AP) —Harry Houdini, the world-famous magician who died in Detroit today, was born in Budapest, Hungary, March 24, 1874, son of Rabbi Mayer ...