tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post7791871445347748919..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini BeginsJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-88698184523276197542019-04-03T08:00:16.948-07:002019-04-03T08:00:16.948-07:00Does anyone have a spare copy of the Escape into ...Does anyone have a spare copy of the Escape into Legend The Early Years 1862-1900 by Manny Weltman that they want to sell been trying to find that for awhile<br />Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846045591178570718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-71378889975393986442013-08-13T12:32:17.624-07:002013-08-13T12:32:17.624-07:00I don't have my copy in front of me, but I rem...I don't have my copy in front of me, but I remember anecdotes about them visiting mediums, and Rinn's account goes something like this. Harry: "Gosh, Joe, I just don't see how she could have done that through trickery." Joe: "Well, Harry, it's like this..."<br /><br />Rinn's book does have a good, detailed account of an spirit expose performed by Alexander Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-3500104580939621802013-08-13T11:03:06.975-07:002013-08-13T11:03:06.975-07:00Yes, you are very right about, Eric. Even the abov...Yes, you are very right about, Eric. Even the above photo, which is from the book, makes Houdini look smaller and highlights Rinn as "Captain."John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-63210062020485189012013-08-13T10:17:58.476-07:002013-08-13T10:17:58.476-07:00If you read Rinn's book, you'll see he ten...If you read Rinn's book, you'll see he tends to put himself in the center of events, with Houdini as his acolyte and satellite. I have no way to know what is true or not in Rinn's book, of course, but I think Rinn's tone of all-knowingness causes some people to doubt his accuracy. He's like the Forrest Gump of Houdini's life. Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-66498231198756926512013-08-08T09:31:02.769-07:002013-08-08T09:31:02.769-07:00Yeah, that is curious.Yeah, that is curious.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-16059050026913329652013-08-08T09:30:17.843-07:002013-08-08T09:30:17.843-07:00Ah, that's great info, Joe. Thanks. I gotta re...Ah, that's great info, Joe. Thanks. I gotta re-read Manny's book. I haven't read it in ages and there's such gold in there.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-81306714620786494722013-08-08T07:51:20.518-07:002013-08-08T07:51:20.518-07:00Fascinating. It's really neat to get a sense o...Fascinating. It's really neat to get a sense of Houdini's brazen confidence at this early stage in his life, and how Rinn helped him in his ambitions.<br /><br />I wonder though, why does the letter from H. Richter & Sons appear in the Houdini biographies so readily, but (to my memory) not much, if any, of Rinn's particular account?gingertimeladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639685707649104207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-75425956858522711772013-08-07T19:41:47.867-07:002013-08-07T19:41:47.867-07:00Great stuff John. Escape into Legend The Early Ye...Great stuff John. Escape into Legend The Early Years 1862-1900 by Manny Weltman collaborates this as well in Chapter 4. In addition, it mentions that between his messenger job in 1887 and the autumn of 1888, Hardeen may have showed him a simple coin trick, and that his interest in sleight of hand grew from there and he began to read books on conjuring; it also mentions that during the Spring of Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.com