{"product_id":"houdini-the-elusive-american","title":"Houdini: The Elusive American","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the prize-winning Jewish Lives series, an exuberant biography of the world's greatest escape artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1916, the war in Europe having prevented a tour abroad, Harry Houdini wrote a film treatment for a rollicking motion picture. Though the movie was never made, its title, The Marvelous Adventures of Houdini: The Justly Celebrated Elusive American , provides a succinct summary of the Master Mystifier's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBorn Erik Weisz in Budapest in 1874, Houdini grew up an impoverished Jewish immigrant in the Midwest and became world-famous thanks to talent, industry, and ferocious determination. He concealed as a matter of temperament and professional ethics the secrets of his sensational success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNobody knows how Houdini performed some of his dazzling, death-defying tricks, and nobody knows, finally, why he felt compelled to punish and imprison himself over and over again. Tracking the restless Houdini's wide-ranging exploits, acclaimed biographer Adam Begley tells the story of a mystifying man's astonishing career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":50991943385335,"sku":"Kindle:B085CMGNM3|Audio Download:B08563DG19|Hardcover:0300230796|Paperback:1420277804","price":8.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50991943418103,"sku":"Kindle:B085CMGNM3|Audio Download:B08563DG19|Hardcover:0300230796|Paperback:1420277804","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50991943450871,"sku":"Kindle:B085CMGNM3|Audio Download:B08563DG19|Hardcover:0300230796|Paperback:1420277804","price":22.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/4254\/8727\/files\/ebook_1848_f3db7aee58.jpg?v=1785572465","url":"https:\/\/kidobook.store\/de\/products\/houdini-the-elusive-american","provider":"KidoBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}