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Author Steinmeyer, Jim.

Title The last greatest magician in the world : Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the battles of the American wizards / Jim Steinmeyer.

Publication Info. New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a member of Penguin Group, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  793.8 STE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 THURSTON, HOW    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  793.8092 STEINMEYER    Check Shelf
Description 377 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary A biography of magician Howard Thurston that explores the stage and psychological rivalry between Thurston and Harry Houdini during the first decades of the twentieth century.
Subject Thurston, Howard, 1869-1936.
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926.
Magicians -- United States -- Biography.
Magic -- United States -- History.
Added Title Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the battles of the American wizards
Howard Thurston vs. Houdini & the battles of the American wizards
ISBN 9781585428458 hardback
1585428450 hardback
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