Title The magician and the spirits : Harry Houdini and the curious pastime of communicating with the dead / Deborah Noyes.

Publication Info.	New York, New York : Viking, 2017.
	©2017

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Description	152 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Audience	Ages 10 up.
Summary	A century ago, the curious idea that spirits not only survive death but can be contacted on the other side was widespread. Psychic mediums led countless sances, claiming to connect the grieving with their lost relations through everything from frenzied trance writing to sticky expulsions of ectoplasm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-146) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Harry and Bess Houdini, spirit mediums -- Dealings with the dead -- The mother's boy -- The torch bearer -- "In the light" -- Manifestations! -- A menace to health and sanity -- Science and sincerity -- It takes a flimflammer to catch a flimflammer -- The end (or is it?) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Picture credits -- Index.
Awards	A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)
Subject	Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 -- Juvenile literature.
	Magicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Escape artists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Spiritualism -- Juvenile literature.
	Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926.
	Magicians.
	Escape artists.
	Spiritualism.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Historical.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Games & Activities -- Magic.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Social Issues -- Death & Dying.
	Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926. (OCoLC)fst00041614
	Escape artists. (OCoLC)fst00915124
	Magicians. (OCoLC)fst01005551
	Spiritualism. (OCoLC)fst01130170
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 -- Biography.
	Escape artists -- United States -- Biography.
	Spiritualism.
	Magicians -- United States -- Biography.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Biographies.
ISBN	9780803740181 (hardback)
	0803740182 (hardback)

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