tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post324386033918018974..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: "Houdini's School Days"John Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-17825192993779957562020-05-15T15:59:58.289-07:002020-05-15T15:59:58.289-07:00Thanks Jeff! It's a treasure. Good luck with i...Thanks Jeff! It's a treasure. Good luck with it.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-16293259051027215802020-05-15T13:13:13.041-07:002020-05-15T13:13:13.041-07:00Hello John - you guessed right that is my Ebay pos...Hello John - you guessed right that is my Ebay post for the Merry & Bright book that belonged to Houdini. Very few of these newsprint books exist and this one has signature "Harry Houdini" on the inside cover. After caring for this book for 50 years it is time I allowed another Houdini collector to own and enjoy it as much as our family has. Jeffrey Blood, Grand Nephew of HoudiniJeffrey Bloodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-66214141110334865522020-05-11T09:59:35.456-07:002020-05-11T09:59:35.456-07:00Ah, excellent, thank you! Great info.
Looks like ...Ah, excellent, thank you! Great info.<br /><br />Looks like this author believes Amazing Exploits started in 1922. But like School Days, it started in 1920.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-47320516327363955522020-05-11T09:32:40.637-07:002020-05-11T09:32:40.637-07:00According to this thesis - http://static1.1.sqspcd...According to this thesis - http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/295934/20008445/1345899225987/Thesis.pdf :<br /><br />"Two years before The Kinema Comic’s ‘Amazing Exploits’, its companion paper Merry and Bright had responded to the interest aroused by Houdini’s 1920 visit to England by giving its readers Houdini’s Schooldays as their weekly serial. <br /><br />In Merry and Bright’s versionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com