This is the first English translation of the German Mein Training und Meine Tricks by Harry Houdini. The German first edition was published around 1919.
Excerpt from the foreword:
The illustrations accompanying this book will enable the reader to readily understand the explanations I provide, some of which are quite detailed.
- Foreword
- Tricks with Handcuffs
- Opening Sealed Handcuffs
- The Master Key
- Mistakes Made by Some Handcuff Artists
- A Trick Handcuff
- Some Facts About American Handcuffs
- Lock Pickers
- Instructions for Opening Ordinary Locks with Lock Picks
- Skeleton Keys, also known as Lock Picks or Master Keys, for Police Locks
- Freedom from the Straitjacket
- How to Free Oneself
- Houdini's Life and Career
- How Houdini Escaped from the Death Row Cell at the Washington State Penitentiary
- Houdini Escapes from the City Jail in Boston
1st edition of German edition ~1919, 1st English translation 2026. PDF 42 pages.
word count: 14391 which is equivalent to 57 standard pages of text
