![]() ![]() Beck was impressed by Houdini’s handcuffs performance, and advised him to concentrate on escape acts. Houdini’s big break came in 1899, when he met manager Martin Beck in rural Woodstock, Illinois. At first though, Houdini had little success, playing in dime museums and sideshows, focusing initially on traditional card tricks, and even doubling as ‘The Wild Man’ at a circus. ![]() Several years subsequent, at the age of seventeen, Weiss became a professional magician and began calling himself ‘Harry Houdini’. As a child, Ehrich Weiss (the family changed the spelling of their names on arriving in America) took several jobs, making his public début as a nine year-old trapeze artist, calling himself ‘Ehrich, the Prince of the Air!’ Weiss was also a champion cross country runner in his youth, demonstrating a high level of fitness which would stand him in good stead for later escapes. They first lived in Appleton, Wisconsin, where Weisz’s father served as the local Rabbi – and thereafter New York City. He was one of seven children, and when he was four years old the family moved to the United States. ![]() Houdini was born as Erik Weisz in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on March 24th 1874. Way without the express permission of the publisher in writing.īritish Library Cataloguing-in-Publication DataĪ catalogue record for this book is available This book is copyright and may not be reproduced or copied in any ![]() 1.png THE RIGHT WAY TO DO WRONG AN EXPOSE OF SUCCESSFUL CRIMINALS ![]()
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