Letters, 1923.

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Letters, 1923.

Letters by Houdini to Walter Prince concerning cooperation on investigations of psychical phenomena.

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Prince, Walter Franklin, 1863-1934

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Walter Franklin Prince, a parapsychologist, was born in Detroit, Maine in 1863 and died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1934. He was graduated at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary in 1881, received the degrees of A.B. in 1896 and Ph. D. in 1899 from Yale, and that of B.D. from Drew Theological Seminary in 1897. He preached for a number of years, holding pastorates of Methodist Episcopal churches in Maine and Connecticut and of Protestant Episcopal churches in Brooklyn, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; ...

Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926

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Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-born American escape artist, illusionist, stunt performer and mysteriarch, noted for his escape acts. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the United States and then as "Harry 'Handcuff' Houdini" on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from ...