"My brain is the key that sets my mind free." This quote is one of the many famous statements made by Harry Houdini, a master mind in the art of illusion. Harry was one of the biggest entertainers of his generation, amazing his audiences with his hand cuff tricks. He set high standards for Magicians at the time. Harry took magic to whole new level. Over time, he evolved from doing simple illusions to death defying acts which left audiences all over America quaking in their seats. Harry Houdini is widely recognized as one of the best magicians of all time.
Houdini was born on March 24, 1874, in what is now Budapest, Hungary, the son of Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weisz and Cecilia Weisz. After emigrating to America, the family moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, …show more content…
He changed how people thought about magic, and helped them escape from their own troubles such as the Great War in Europe, unemployment, and poverty. He also helped masses of people by proving that the spiritualists of his day were really just so-so magicians. Rather than communicating with the other world, as they claimed, they were just doing magic tricks and taking money away from innocent victims. In this regard, Harry Houdini was also a very good man.
Harry Houdini, the son of Hungarian emigrants, is an American success story. He rose from being a nobody, to being one of the most popular entertainers of his time. He performed in Europe, and throughout the United States, in large cities and in small towns. Harry Houdini performed to the very end of his life. In fact, his last performance was on a stage in Detroit, Michigan. There, he collapsed on staged with a 104 degree fever, was revived, and finished the
show. Two days later, Harry Houdini died on October 31, 1926 of complications from what experts believed to be a ruptured appendix. Though sick and suffering from a broken ankle, Houdini continued to perform because he believed that "the show must go
Houdini was born on March 24, 1874, in what is now Budapest, Hungary, the son of Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weisz and Cecilia Weisz. After emigrating to America, the family moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, …show more content…
He changed how people thought about magic, and helped them escape from their own troubles such as the Great War in Europe, unemployment, and poverty. He also helped masses of people by proving that the spiritualists of his day were really just so-so magicians. Rather than communicating with the other world, as they claimed, they were just doing magic tricks and taking money away from innocent victims. In this regard, Harry Houdini was also a very good man.
Harry Houdini, the son of Hungarian emigrants, is an American success story. He rose from being a nobody, to being one of the most popular entertainers of his time. He performed in Europe, and throughout the United States, in large cities and in small towns. Harry Houdini performed to the very end of his life. In fact, his last performance was on a stage in Detroit, Michigan. There, he collapsed on staged with a 104 degree fever, was revived, and finished the
show. Two days later, Harry Houdini died on October 31, 1926 of complications from what experts believed to be a ruptured appendix. Though sick and suffering from a broken ankle, Houdini continued to perform because he believed that "the show must go