When David Saltman randomly opened a biography of Houdini in a dusty second-hand book store, he had no idea it would change his life, leading him down an unexpected life path that would become Houdini Unbound.
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challenge as opportunity (houdini) + fab coin magic
(Video link here.) In a recent post at the Houdini File, David Saltman rounded up a huge trove of formal public challenges to magician/escape artist extraordinaire Harry Houdini, inviting him to escape from all manner of restraints, one more complex and seemingly-impossible than the next. According to Saltman, Houdini accepted every single challenge issued: “every…
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houdini’s mantra: “my brain is the key that sets me free”
‘improvised life’ editor-at-large David Saltman has just finished writing a historical novel starring Harry Houdini. From David we’ve learned about the amazing achievements of this real life superhero that go way beyond his well-known escapes from straightjackets and handcuffs. We’ve come to know a little of ‘the inside’ of the great magician. Houdini trained his…
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