Kendall, Lace: Houdini Master of Escape
©1960 Macrae Smith Co., Philadelphia, PA
Hardcover, 187 pages
Houdini Master of Escape
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Kendall Lace: Houdini Master of Escape

Comments: Life story of Houdini; Seems to be written for a more juvenile audience. "The author wishes to thank Mr. Edmund Wilson for his permission to quote from "The Shores of Light", copyright 1952 by Edmund Wilson, and published by Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc."

Contents (Chapters, from book ToC):

9 Chapter 1 Eric the Great
21 Chapter 2 The Promise
36 Chapter 3 Dusty Journey
48 Chapter 4 Houdini
61 Chapter 5 Acid on Silk
74 Chapter 6 The Magic Ring
88 Chapter 7 Pink Tights
98 Chapter 8 Locks and Bullets
113 Chapter 9 Jail Break
125 Chapter 10 Queen for a Day
136 Chapter 11 Magic and Miracles
148 Chapter 12 A Bag of Gold
162 Chapter 13 Ordeal
174 Chapter 14 The Last Challenge


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