tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post4387385000381497863..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Memoirs of Harry HoudinJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-28669213519451462902012-10-01T10:42:03.110-07:002012-10-01T10:42:03.110-07:00Amazing. I'm not sure Harry Houdin's name ...Amazing. I'm not sure Harry Houdin's name would have been well-known to a couple of New York City teenagers in the 1890s. Probably a coincidence.<br /><br />I wonder if it was common for 19th-century performers to trade on the name Houdin, the way they used to adopt the name Herrmann (in various spellings).<br /><br /><br /><br />Ericnoreply@blogger.com