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Who Was Harry Houdini?
[Paperback - 2002]
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Category: Children
Additional Category: Children Games & Puzzles - People & Places
Publisher: Penguin Workshop | ISBN: 9780448426860 | Pages: 112
Shipping Weight: .102 | Dimensions: 5.38 x .25 x 7.63 inches

Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail cells, and locked trunks. But do they know that the ever-ambitious and adventurous Houdini was also a famous movie star and the first pilot to fly a plane in Australia? This well-told biography is full of the details of Houdini's life that kids will really want to know about and illustrated throughout with beautiful black-and-white line drawings.

Illustrated by John O'Brien.

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