Kalush, William & Larry Sloman: The Secret Life of Houdini The Making of America's First Superhero ©2006 Light & Heavy Inc., Atria Books, NY Hardcover, 592 pages ISBN 978-0-7432-7207-0 Also in paperback

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Contents (chapters, from book ToC):

ix Foreword
xi Introduction
1 Chapter 1 The Oath
25 Chapter 2 Starving For A Living
47 Chapter 3 The Celebrated Clairvoyants
65 Chapter 4 Quid Pro Quo
77 Chapter 5 The King Of Handcuffs
97 Chapter 6 M
109 Chapter 7 Police State
131 Chapter 8 Taming The Bear
143 Chapter 9 The Challenge Of The Mirror
171 Chapter 10 Leap Of Faith
199 Chapter 11 Kill Thy Father
215 Chapter 12 Death Visits The Stage
239 Chapter 13 Above The Down Under
258 Chapter 14 The Emperor Of Sympathy-Enlisters
279 Chapter 15 Chinese Water Torture
293 Chapter 16 Forgive
311 Chapter 17 Fighting Our Way To The Grave
331 Chapter 18 Death By Misadventure
349 Chapter 19 Art Imitates Life
375 Chapter 20 Saul Among The Prophets
405 Chapter 21 Little Sister Will Do Exactly As Big Brother Says
427 Chapter 22 Margery’s Box
451 Chapter 23 My Own Secret Service
481 Chapter 24 I...Am A Fake
517 Chapter 25 An Eye For An Eye
537 Chapter 26 There is No Death
551 Epilogue
561 Acknowledgements
569 Index
592 About the Authors