1. Harry Houdini : Master of Magic By Robert Krasko ISBN: 0811645789 Scholastic Paperbacks, c.1989 (American All Series)

2. As a young man, Harry Houdini performed many basic magic tricks, especially card tricks. This is how he gained the name "King of Cards". 3. 1896 Houdini had mastered the straitjacket escape. 4. On January 27, 1908 in St. Louis, MO Houdini introduced his famous escape from a giant milk can filled with water and then padlocked. Unfortunately after he created this escape, a Houdini imitator drowned trying to attempt the same escape. 5. Houdini had built a Chinese Water Torture Cell. In 1914 in England, he locked himself inside the cell hanging upside down in water and was still able to escape. Many movies show Houdini dying attempting this trick, but that is not true at all. 6. In 1918 Houdini presented Jenny the "Vanishing Elephant", which was at the time the world's largest illusion. He performed this on a very large stage at the Hippodrome in New York City. 7. References King, R. (1999, April 18). Houdini | Harry Houdini. Houdini | Harry Houdini. Retrieved April 18, 2011, from http://www.houdinitribute.com/ Kraske, R. (1973). Harry Houdini, master of magic . New York: Scholastic Inc.. (Original work published 1973.) Library of Congress. (1998, October 19). Variety Stage: Harry Houdini. American Memory from the Library of Congress - Home Page. Retrieved April 18, 2011, from http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshdini.html