| Escape: The Story of the Great Houdini Contributor(s): Fleischman, Sid (Read by), Mali, Taylor (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0976193256 ISBN-13: 9780976193258 Publisher: Audio Bookshelf OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: April 2010 Annotation: Nothing could hold him! He was the Escape King! He was The Great Houdini! A life where fact and fiction blend into one amazing tale. And this witty and insightful biography by Newbery Award winner Sid Fleischman tells as much as it dares! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Performing Arts |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.26" W x 6.56" (0.47 lbs) 3 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Harry Houdini, born Ehrich Weiss, never did anything by half measure. Once he decided to become a magician, he became the King of Cards, the Prince of Air, the Genius of Escape, and Professor H. Houdini. And why not? He could walk through walls, defeat any lock, make elephants disappear with the snap of his fingers, and pick up needles with his eyelids Or could he? Fact or fiction? Legend or liar? We will never know for sure. But here in all its riveting glory is Sid Fleischman's witty and insightful biography of magic's greatest showman, daredevil, and escape artist ever-the Great Houdini |
Contributor Bio(s): Fleischman, Sid: - Sid Fleischman (1920-2010) wrote more than sixty books for children, adults, and magicians. Among his many awards was the Newbery Medal for his novel The Whipping Boy. The author described his youth as a magician and newspaperman in his autobiography The Abracadabra Kid. Mali, Taylor: -Taylor Mali is the former president of Poetry Slam, Inc., and one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the poetry slam movement. He is the author of two books of poetry, What Learning Leaves and The Last Time as We Are, and four CDs of spoken word. He has appeared on the first two seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam and won the jury prize for best one-man show at the United States Comedy Arts Festival. A passionate advocate of teachers, he travels the country recruiting the next generation of teachers with his 1,000 Teachers Campaign. Taylor lives in New York. Fleischman, Sid: -Sid Fleischman (1920-2010) wrote more than sixty books for children, adults, and magicians. Among his many awards was the Newbery Medal for his novel The Whipping Boy. The author described his youth as a magician and newspaperman in his autobiography The Abracadabra Kid. |