- June 7, 1928: Houdini: His Life Story by Harold Kellock.
- Aug 3, 1959: Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls by William Lindsay Gresham.
- March 21, 1969: Houdini: The Untold Story by Milbourne Christopher.
- Dec 1, 1977: Houdini: His Legend and His Magic by Doug Henning and Charles Reynolds.
- Oct 31, 2006: The Secret Life of Houdini by William Kalush and Larry Sloman.
- Oct 31, 2010: Houdini The Key by Patrick Culliton.
No Silverman? Nope. I have never been able to find an exact release date for my favorite Houdini biography. But I know it was sometime in October 1996.
Regarding my own book, Escaping Obscurity: The Travel Diary of Harry Houdini, 1897-1899, I'm happy to firmly establish the release date as June 25, 2025. That is the day publisher Mike Caveney picked the books up from the shipper, the day it first went live on his website, and the day of the first sales. June 25. Locked!
So what other Houdini events happened on June 25? Here's a list:
- 1894: The Brothers Houdini begin their second week at Vacca's West End Casino in Coney Island.
- 1896: Houdini escapes handcuffs at a police station in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- 1898: The Welsh Bros. Circus plays Hamburg, Pennsylvania.
- 1906: Harry Thaw shoots Stanford White at the Madison Square Garden rooftop theater. (Not Houdini related, but HH was in NYC at the time and would have been following the news of this famous crime and scandal.)
- 1919: Houdini makes a personal appearance at Clune's in Los Angeles during the 9:30 showing of The Master Mystery.
- 1920: Houdini attends séance with ectoplasmic medium Eva C. at 20 Hanover Square in London.
- 1953: Paramount's Houdini premieres at the Des Moines Theater in Iowa.
I'm offering a copy of Escaping Obscurity, signed on June 25, on eBay. This is the first author-signed edition, and the only one signed on the day of its release. If you're interested, the auction can be viewed HERE. It ends on Wednesday, July 16.
You can purchase Escaping Obscurity: The Travel Diary of Harry Houdini, 1897-1899 from Mike Caveney's Magic Words.
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