Harry Houdini for Kids: His Life and Adventures with 21 Magic Tricks and Illusions

Harry Houdini for Kids: His Life and Adventures with 21 Magic Tricks and Illusions — page 1
TIME LINE 1878 Ehrich Weisz born in Budapest Hungary 1878 Weiner family moves to Appleton Wisconsin changes name to Weiss 1887 Weiss family moves to New York City 189 Ehrich joins with a friend to create a magic act the Houdini Brothers He begins using the name Harry Houdini 1892 Harry s father dies 1893 Harry's brother Dash replaces friend in the Houdini Brothers they perform at Chicago World's Fair 1893 Harry marries Bees Rahner after know ing her for three weeks Harry and Bess now The Houdinis spend six years struggling with their act 1899 Houdinis got a big break perform in top Vaudeville theaters across the country 1900 Houdinis tour Britain and Europe 190s Houdinis return to United States and buy a house in New York City and a small farm in Connecticut 1901 Harry begins doing handcuffed bridge jump