"Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini"

This article reviews Sid Fleischman's "Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini.”

According to the reviewer, “Fleischman enumerates Houdini's many peculiarities -- how Houdini fudged the date and place of his birth, changed his name, craved the limelight, courted danger, trashed his self-chosen namesake and suffered extreme grief at the death of his mother.”

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