| Houdini's Girl Detective: The Real-Life Ghost-Busting Adventures of Rose Mackenberg Contributor(s): Wolf, Tony (Author), Mackenberg, Rose (Author) |
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ISBN: 1537143964 ISBN-13: 9781537143965 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 6" W x 9" (0.30 lbs) 94 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The 1920s: a time of unprecedented belief in "spiritualism", or the practice of ostensibly communicating with the spirits of the dead. Into this milieau stepped Rose Mackenberg, a private detective trained by the great magician and escape artist, Harry Houdini. Her mission: to investigate and expose "ghost racketeers" who used magic tricks and psychological manipulation to con bereaved people out of their hard-earned cash. "Houdini's Girl Detective" is an illustrated anthology of Rose Mackenberg's original 1929 newspaper article series, detailing her sometimes hair-raising adventures exposing the chicanery of the ghost racket. |