LINK: Houdini's First Diary Reveals a Lost World of Turn-of-the-Century Magic

Here's a pleasant October surprise. National Geographic has an article today by Nina Strochlic about Houdini's first diary and our book, Escaping Obscurity: The Travel Diary of Harry Houdini, 1897-1899. It's excellent! Unfortunately, it is paywalled. But if you are a subscriber to Nat Geo, click the image below to have a read.

The little red book, which contains Harry Houdini's recently deciphered notes, charts his rise as a performer and the key role of his wife, Bess, in turning his act from dime-store vaudeville into international stardom.

As good as this article is, it never actually says this is a book that people can buy. Doh! However, you can indeed buy Escaping Obscurity: The Travel Diary of Harry Houdini, 1897-1899 from Mike Caveney's Magic Words. Get the book and learn how Houdini got his big break before the next chapter arrives in December.

Psst. There might be a way to read this if you are a member of my Patreon. Just saying...

Related:

• YOU CAN NOW OWN HOUDINI'S FIRST DIARY
• Escaping Obscurity reviewed by David Byron (great review!)
• How we made the Deluxe Edition deluxe