After an hour-long struggle, Houdini emerges free from the cuffs and is carried away in triumph by the adoring crowd. Houdini buys a seven acre farm in Stamford, Connecticut and an elegant ...

To stand above the crowd was something that Houdini recognized early on in his career, as his use of newspapers shows. He was the ultimate showman. "I want to be first, I vehemently want to be ...