Harry Houdin: "The Great Polynational Mimic" (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Introducing Harry Houdin—one of the most versatile performers you've never heard of. Born decades before the great Harry Houdini, he claimed to be the nephew of Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, the famous French conjurer of the 19th century.Houdin, who billed himself as "The Great Polynational Mimic," toured Australia and New Zealand between 1860 and 1863 with a one-man act featuring drawing-room magic and international impersonations done to song and dance.Harry Houdin: "The Great Polynational Mimic" is the first formal work of research written about this virtually unknown, albeit colorful, entertainer.