Harry Houdini
Ehrich Weiss was born on March 24, 1874 in the house of his parents: Samuel and Caecilia Weiss. When Ehrich was a little boy, he saw a magician, Robert Houdin, make an entire army revolution disappear. From that moment on, Ehrich decided to devote his studies towards Houdin and the art of magic. Ehrich once wrote, "I asked nothing more of life than to become in my profession like Robert-Houdin" (Christopher 16). He told his friend Jacob Hyman about his passion. Hyman told him, that in the French language, if you add an "i" to something it means "like", so he changed his name to Houdini. Theo, Ehrich's brother, told Erich that he should change his to the name his friends called him, Ehrie then to Erie, then to Harry, which is after another famous magician Harry Kellar. So Ehrich Weiss, the son of an impoverished, immigrant rabbi, became Harry Houdini. During his life, Harry Houdini has made outstanding contributions as an escape artist, a magician, and an exposure of fraudulent spirit mediums.Harry Houdini spent the majority of his life performing as an escape artist. Gibson said, "Whatever Houdini's hopes, ambitions, or claims in the twin-fields of magic and mystery, his name was built upon his skills at releasing himsel
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Approximate Word count = 1494
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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