tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post158457758354766495..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Ehrich Weiss in MilwaukeeJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-51366409505753305032014-02-11T17:52:26.714-08:002014-02-11T17:52:26.714-08:00Yes, that's got a lot of good clues. He goes a...Yes, that's got a lot of good clues. He goes a little overboard with assumptions about Samuel Weiss's religiousness (makes him "extremely Orthodox," etc.) which are not borne out by the facts (e.g.: he preached in German, not Hebrew). But Weltman was the pioneer in this kind of research.<br />DAVID SALTMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270760638995836991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-88024087602746560622014-02-11T11:11:41.342-08:002014-02-11T11:11:41.342-08:00Looking forward to it!
I'm assuming you have ...Looking forward to it!<br /><br />I'm assuming you have the Manny Weltman book, Houdini Escape into Legend? Some good stuff in there about the Milwaukee years.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-65112479799366112092014-02-11T09:21:08.777-08:002014-02-11T09:21:08.777-08:00Thanks for the kind words. Am discovering more gem...Thanks for the kind words. Am discovering more gems in Milwaukee and will be publishing them over the next couple of weeks.DAVID SALTMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270760638995836991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-20365509006295449652014-02-08T09:55:36.414-08:002014-02-08T09:55:36.414-08:00Great stuff here John! Thanks for posting the link...Great stuff here John! Thanks for posting the link to this. One can almost write a new Houdini biography on just the information on your blog!<br /><br />Hats off to David for this information. Thanks to his efforts, Houdini's childhood is beginning to come into focus. Those were hard times for Houdini. Can we blame him for wanting to put it all behind? Don't we do the same thing in our Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.com