tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post7331777729507369627..comments2024-03-28T03:39:00.025-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: The Great Illusionists by Derek Tait released in UKJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-41757769910821860652018-03-14T08:14:38.356-07:002018-03-14T08:14:38.356-07:00I haven't read this book yet, but I found ther...I haven't read this book yet, but I found there are a few spots in Derek's Houdini book where I suspect he might have been fooled by an imitator or outright imposter.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-57723451449495421702018-03-14T04:56:55.288-07:002018-03-14T04:56:55.288-07:00Derek Tait in the chapter about Dr Ormonde relates...Derek Tait in the chapter about Dr Ormonde relates that Houdini was appearing with Ormonde in Ireland in August and September 1905. As we know from your chronology John this is wrong and must have been an imitator. Possibly one of Ormonde's sons? I don't think he would have shared with another headliner at that time.Roger Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679677979733017192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-11418259560993604722018-03-12T07:57:53.547-07:002018-03-12T07:57:53.547-07:00Haha! Good eye. But that wasn't my error. I co...Haha! Good eye. But that wasn't my error. I copied that description from the publisher website. But I will fix for them. Thanks!<br /><br />I actually made this error in reverse the other day. Wrote Houdin when I meant Houdini.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-26484126673098385662018-03-12T03:45:39.433-07:002018-03-12T03:45:39.433-07:00I've spotted your deliberate error! You've...I've spotted your deliberate error! You've done the classic by adding the letter "i" to Robert-Houdin.Bob Loomishttp://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2016/10/review-bob-loomis-delivers-houdini.htmlnoreply@blogger.com