num_pages: 112
description: Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail cells, and locked trunks. But do they know that the ever-ambitious and adventurous Houdini was also a famous movie star and the first pilot to fly a plane in Australia? This well-told biography is full of the details of Houdini's life that kids will really want to know about and illustrated throughout with beautiful black-and-white line drawings.Illustrated by John O'Brien.
language: English
title: Who Was Harry Houdini?
titlecomplete: Who Was Harry Houdini?
characters: Harry Houdini
genres: Middle Grade, History, Childrens, Education, Magic, Biography Memoir, Jewish, Juvenile, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1488
series: Who Was . . . ? Series
publisher: Penguin Workshop