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Essay Galaxy - The Life of Harry Houdini
The Life of Harry Houdini
The performer known world wide as Harry Houdini was born on March
24, 1874 in Budapest. Although Houdini often claimed to be born in Appleton,
Wisconsin, Houdini actually came to the United States when he was four
years old. To this day many connected with the small town of Appleton still
claim the untruth that Houdini was born there strictly to attract tourists.
It is clear from copies of birth records and early family records on file
at the Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania in the Pocono region, that
Houdini was in fact born in Budapest, on March 24, 1874. Historians are now
finally agreed on this fact. In later years, in a magazine interview,
Houdini said about Appleton, "the greatest escape I ever made was when I
left Appleton, Wisconsin."
Houdini's early years.
Houdini's father was Mayer Samuel Weiss. His father was ....
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