| Harry Houdini is regarded by many to be the best | | | | shows a day on Coney Island and at a variety of civic |
| magician ever. At the very least he has to be | | | | group events. When he performed magic Elrich Weisz |
| regarded as one of the pioneers of modern day | | | | decided to take on the name of his idol, Robert-Houdin, |
| magic. Houdini drew many people to his shows and he | | | | and add an âiâ to it. The name |
| performed many magic tricks that to this day are still | | | | âHarryâ probably came from his |
| looked at with amazement. | | | | nickname which was Ehrie. |
| Houdini was born in Hungary in 1874. He was given the | | | | Houdini was driven to be the best magician he could |
| name Elrich Weisz. When he was a child he | | | | possibly be. He did this by not only perfecting magic |
| immigrated to America with the rest of his family. Then | | | | tricks but by also honing his performance skills. |
| in his late teens he began to perform up to 20 magic | | | | |