John Nova: Art of Escape Vol 4 Escapes From a Strait Jacket
Novak, John: Art of Escape Vol. 4 Escapes From a Strait Jacket
©1979 John Novak, Micky Hades International, Canada
Softcover, tape-bound, 8.5x11" 44 pages
ISBN: 0919230-63-6

Also in Comb-bound, and spiral bound editions
John Novak: Art of Escape Vol 4 Escapes From a Strait
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Comments: Illustrated by the Author. Cover by Ed Harris. There were 8 volumes in the Art of Escape series:
Volume 1: A Modern Handcuff Act, 1979, 44 pages.
Volume 2: Selected Chain Escapes, 1979, 46 pages.
Volume 3: Metamorphosis!, 1979, 44 pages.
Volume 4: Escapes From a Strait Jacket, 1979, 44 pages.
Volume 5: The Bohemian Torture Escape, 1980, 58 pages.
Volume 6: The Mail Bag Escape, 1980, 51 pages.
Volume 7: The Thumb Tie, 1980, 61 pages.
Volume 8: The Protege - a Full Evening of Magic and Escapes!, 1980, 57 pages.

Contents (from book ToC):

7 Preface
9 Introduction
9 Harry Houdini and The Strait Jacket
11 The Secret of the Strait Jacket
11 Sizing the Jacket
13 Types of Strait Jackets
15 The Gaffed Jackets
20 Basic Strait Jacket Moves
24 Steranko Made A Big Deal Cut of the Sleeve Method
25 Necessity is the Mother
25 Something to Lean On
26 The Upside Down Strait Jacket Escape
30 The Randi Ankle Stocks
31 Dan Stapleton Style Rigging
33 The Underwater Strait Jacket Escape
33 The New Living Houdinii - Strait Jacket King
33 Charlie Myrick Tries Two Jackets To Close His Show
34 Inside A Packing Box - Eric Ward's Adventure
34 The Burning Rope
36 Adapting Howard Peters' "Rid of Terror"
36 The New Houdinys With A Different Kind of Circus Escape
37 Other Presentations of the Strait Jacket Escape
38 Ron London's Strait Jacket Routine
39 My Own Strait Jacket Routine


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