Project Gutenberg 2013-05-16 Public domain in the USA. 236 Houdini, Harry 1874 1926 Weiss, Ehrich Deadota, Giovanni Weisz, Erik 33033816 The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin Produced by Chuck Greif, Broward County Libraries and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin" by Harry Houdini is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book examines the life and legacy of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, who is often hailed as the father of modern magic. Houdini sets out to challenge the romanticized image of Robert-Houdin by revealing what he believes to be historical inaccuracies in Robert-Houdin's own writings, asserting that many of the magician's claims of originality were actually borrowed from lesser-known predecessors. At the start of the work, Houdini introduces his deep admiration for Robert-Houdin, explaining how the famous magician's "Memoirs" inspired him to pursue his own career in magic. However, his extensive research into Robert-Houdin's life leads to disillusionment. He details his investigations, which uncovered numerous instances where Robert-Houdin allegedly took credit for inventions and tricks crafted by other magicians prior to his time. Houdini emphasizes his commitment to revising the historical narrative of magic to acknowledge those who truly contributed to the craft, thereby setting the stage for a critical reassessment of Robert-Houdin's legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42723/42723-h/images/cover.jpg en Magic tricks -- History Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène, 1805-1871 Magicians -- France -- Biography GV Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society 483285 483282 2024-09-18T04:51:08.745034 2023-09-18T13:13:31.754778 text/html text/html 460978 2021-01-25T11:45:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 48590454 2021-01-25T11:45:32 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 50254678 2024-09-18T04:51:33.079940 application/epub+zip 50183977 2024-09-18T04:51:13.383275 application/epub+zip 227816 2024-09-18T04:51:10.192073 application/epub+zip 50208171 2024-09-18T04:51:47.301935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50084992 2024-09-18T04:51:25.302982 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306146 2022-09-19T13:53:11.213369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351464 351355 2024-09-18T04:51:06.603121 2023-09-18T13:13:29.922766 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 351077 2013-05-16T17:43:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 129862 2013-05-16T17:45:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 351122 2013-05-16T17:43:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 129639 2013-05-16T17:44:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20741 2024-09-18T04:51:47.644845 application/rdf+xml 16434 2024-09-18T04:51:10.438138 image/jpeg 2603 2024-09-18T04:51:10.365055 image/jpeg 48979583 2024-09-18T04:51:09.781075 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia