Who Was Harry Houdini?, Tui Sutherland
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Who Was Harry Houdini?

Author: Tui Sutherland

Series: Who Was...?

Narrator: Kevin Pariseau

Unabridged: 1 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio

Published: 03/26/2019

Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Performing Arts

Synopsis

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!

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