Review: Houdini's life was worth reading.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
"Houdini: A Life Worth Reading" began with Rabbi Mayer Weisz bringing his wife and seven children to America to give them a better life, instead he found he could barely feed his family. It was the third child, who later changed his name to Houdini, who ran away from home so there would be one less family member to feed. Although this twelve year old boy made very little money shining shoes and selling newspaper he all ways sent home some money to help feed his family.It is a fascinating story of a man whose imagination, hard work, determination that led him to realize his dream of becoming famous and wealthy, that is, except for the one 'but' that held Houdini from being accepted by some members of society . . . his lack of education and being a Jew.