Final Seance
Subtitle: The Strange Friendship Between Houdini and Conan Doyle
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781573928960
Subjects: Biography: general; Conjuring & magic; Magicians; Biography/Autobiography; Biography; Parapsychology - General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Houdini, Harry,; Historical - General; Friends and associates; Personal Memoirs; Authors, Scottish; Occultists; United States; 1874-1926; 20th century; Great Britain
First sentence: AS HIS ASSISTANTS POUR 100 gallons of warm water into what looks like an infernal telephone booth, the man who is going to be sealed in it leaves the stage and returns wearing a black one-piece bathing suit.