| How Houdini Did It by Patrick Culliton Reveals Houdini's Best Kept Secrets (publication date 03-24-2009) |
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my fellow researchers in the fields of
magic, locks, escape-artistry, and Houdini.
This book is also dedicated to all the finks, rats, squealers, and
thieves who sought to learn and tell Houdini's secrets, and who
kept those secrets alive until I could write them down. Also, all
the snoops who got close to the props and the plagiarists who
endeavored to imitate every nuance of Houdini's act.
To those who sought to sell the sacred Houdini secrets for a
profit, especially Houdini himself and his brother Theo Hardeen,
we owe an enormous debt.
Hardeen, in particular, was a hero because, as inheritor of the
Houdini props and handcuffs, he was ordered by the terms of
Houdini's will to destroy all of them, and he didn't. I dedicate
this book to the preservers who acquired the magic and escape
props and cuffs and kept them, sometimes performed with them,
repaired and restored them.
Finally, I dedicate this book to Bessie Houdini, who kept the
Mirror Cuff, the Russian Manacle and other vital Houdini props
and to those who have preserved them since Bessie's time.
This book is dedicated to my fellow researchers in the fields of
magic, locks, escape-artistry, and Houdini.
This book is also dedicated to all the finks, rats, squealers, and
thieves who sought to learn and tell Houdini's secrets, and who
kept those secrets alive until I could write them down. Also, all
the snoops who got close to the props and the plagiarists who
endeavored to imitate every nuance of Houdini's act.
To those who sought to sell the sacred Houdini secrets for a
profit, especially Houdini himself and his brother Theo Hardeen,
we owe an enormous debt.
Hardeen, in particular, was a hero because, as inheritor of the
Houdini props and handcuffs, he was ordered by the terms of
Houdini's will to destroy all of them, and he didn't. I dedicate
this book to the preservers who acquired the magic and escape
props and cuffs and kept them, sometimes performed with them,
repaired and restored them.
Finally, I dedicate this book to Bessie Houdini, who kept the
Mirror Cuff, the Russian Manacle and other vital Houdini props
and to those who have preserved them since Bessie's time.
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