Kellock, Harold: Houdini His Life Story ©1928 Harcourt, Brace & Co., NY Hardcover, 384 pages

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Comments: From the recollections and documents of Beatrice Houdini. With over 30 B&W historical photographs

Contents (from book ToC): 

vii Foreword
1 Chapter I: introduction to Houdini and his training
22 Chapter II: beginnings, and the Weiss family
40 Chapter III: the Houdini Brothers and the start of his magic
56 Chapter IV: the Great Houdinis, continued, and escapes
72 Chapter V: Welsh Brothers' Circus
83 Chapter VI: failed business prospects
95 Chapter VII: more troubles, and some mentalism
113 Chapter VIII: first lift out of obscurity
124 Chapter IX: Jail-breaking publicity
139 Chapter X: Handcuff King tours London, Budapest, etc.
158 Chapter XI: Houdini's dream career
174 Chapter XII: Houdini's scholarly interest in magic books
185 Chapter XIII: Houdini in USA in 1904
203 Chapter XIV: Houdini's 2nd continental tour 1908-1911
216 Chapter XV: Buys plane, and the tour continued
228 Chapter XVI: American eastern tour, 1911-12
243 Chapter XVII: Houdini and Theodore Roosevelt
254 Chapter XVIII: Houdini in the movies, 1918-1920
275 Chapter XIX: personality and relationships
302 Chapter XX: death of Houdini's mother in 1913, and spirit investigations
319 Chapter XXI: Miracle Mongers and Their Methods, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
328 Chapter XXII: more medium exposes; Margery the Medium
348 Chapter XXIII: lectures and more exposures
373 Chapter XXIV: Houdini's death