Harry Houdini
Me - “I would like to introduce you to Harry Houdini, a Death-Defying Showman.”
“Harry I would like to ask a few questions and discuss your life before all the fame.” “Can you tell us a little about your family.”
Houdini- “I have six siblings, Leo, Carrie, Herman, Nathan, William, and Theo. My original name isn’t Harry Houdini, it is Ehrich Weiss. I was born in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874. My father, Rabbi Samuel Weiss left Hungary to work as a Rabbi when I was 2. Eventually my dad earned enough money to help move my mom, Cecelia, and my brothers and I across the Atlantic Ocean. My family really liked it there in Appleton where we lived, but four years later, when I was eight my father lost his job. We then moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where my father couldn’t find work so I tried to help out by finding small jobs. I ran away a few times to try to find work elsewhere, but instead I met a boy named Al Flitcroft. Al brought me home to his parents and they took me in and let me live there while I worked.”
Me- “How did you begin your showman business?” …show more content…
The trick was the disappearing coin trick, I studied what my brothers trick was and practiced it over and over. My best friend ,Jacob Hyman, and I would practice magic tricks in our spare time. Jacob and I wanted to become professionals but we needed a name. I read every book I could find about magic and the one book I liked the most was the autobiography of Jean-Eugene Robert Houdin, their name had become the Brothers Houdini. Ehrich had later become Ehrie which had turned to Harry and that is how I became Harry
Me - “I would like to introduce you to Harry Houdini, a Death-Defying Showman.”
“Harry I would like to ask a few questions and discuss your life before all the fame.” “Can you tell us a little about your family.”
Houdini- “I have six siblings, Leo, Carrie, Herman, Nathan, William, and Theo. My original name isn’t Harry Houdini, it is Ehrich Weiss. I was born in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874. My father, Rabbi Samuel Weiss left Hungary to work as a Rabbi when I was 2. Eventually my dad earned enough money to help move my mom, Cecelia, and my brothers and I across the Atlantic Ocean. My family really liked it there in Appleton where we lived, but four years later, when I was eight my father lost his job. We then moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where my father couldn’t find work so I tried to help out by finding small jobs. I ran away a few times to try to find work elsewhere, but instead I met a boy named Al Flitcroft. Al brought me home to his parents and they took me in and let me live there while I worked.”
Me- “How did you begin your showman business?” …show more content…
The trick was the disappearing coin trick, I studied what my brothers trick was and practiced it over and over. My best friend ,Jacob Hyman, and I would practice magic tricks in our spare time. Jacob and I wanted to become professionals but we needed a name. I read every book I could find about magic and the one book I liked the most was the autobiography of Jean-Eugene Robert Houdin, their name had become the Brothers Houdini. Ehrich had later become Ehrie which had turned to Harry and that is how I became Harry