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Author Rapaport, Brooke Kamin.

Title Houdini : art and magic / Brooke Kamin Rapaport ; with contributions by Alan Brinkley .. [and others]..

Publication Info. New York : Jewish Museum, under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010]
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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  793.8 R18    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  793.8 RA    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 261 pages : illustrations (some color) ; ; 25 cm
Note Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Jewish Museum in New York and three other institutions between Oct. 31, 2010 and May 13, 2012.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Houdini's transformation in visual culture / Brooke Kamin Rapaport -- The immigrant world of Harry Houdini / Alan Brinkley -- Houdini's the rabbi's son / Kenneth Silverman -- Bess : the magician's assistant, the magician's wife / Hasia R. Diner -- Drawings by Raymond Pettibon -- Considering Houdini : interviews / E.L. Doctorow ... [et al.] -- The many lives of Harry and Bess Houdini : a chronology / Gabriel de Guzman -- Houdini's magic apparatus : needle threading, handcuffs, metamorphosis trunk, milk can, water torture cell, straitjacket.
Subject Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 -- Exhibitions.
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 -- Influence -- Exhibitions.
Identity (Psychology) in art -- Exhibitions.
Art and popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Art and popular culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
Added Author Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926.
Brinkley, Alan.
Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN 9780300146844 cloth alkaline paper
0300146841 cloth alkaline paper
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