Christopher, Milbourne: Houdini- The Untold Story ©1969 1st Edition, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York Hardcover, 281 pages ---- ©1975 Pocket Books Softcover, perfect-bound, 298 pages

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Contents:

1 The Incredible Houdini
9 Ehrie
17 The Small Time
28 Medicine Show Medium
35 Breakthrough
42 An Ocean Away
53 The Detractors
63 Verdict in Cologne
70 Imperial Russia
76 Imitators and Innovations
87 America Again
96 Bridge Leaps and Water Cans
106 Challenging Challenges
113 Up Over Down Under
121 The Impossible Possible
129 The Stopped Clock
139 Above the Streets
146 The Biggest Illusion
156 Hollywood Star
164 The Man From Beyond
172 Investigating the Spirits
182 Revelations
187 Margery the Medium
195 The Fraudproof Box
200 Crusader
209 The Mystifer
216 The Big Show
230 Buried Alive
238 "Grit"
245 Detroit '25
254 The Message
261 Postscript

264 Sources and Acknowledgments
266 Bibliography of Words by Houdini
268 General Bibliography
273 Index