Bibliograph

The witch of Lime Street, séance, seduction, and Houdini in the spirit world, David Jaher

Type

Label

The witch of Lime Street, séance, seduction, and Houdini in the spirit world, David Jaher

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-420) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The witch of Lime Street

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

909025615

Responsibility statement

David Jaher

Sub title

séance, seduction, and Houdini in the spirit world

Summary

In 1924 the wife of a Boston surgeon came to embody the raging national debate over Spiritualism, a movement devoted to communication with the dead. Reporters dubbed her the blonde Witch of Lime Street, but she was known to her followers simply as Margery. Her most vocal advocate was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who believed so thoroughly in Margery's powers that he urged her to enter a controversial contest, sponsored by Scientific American. Her supernatural gifts beguiled four of the judges. There was only one left to convince... the acclaimed escape artist, Harry Houdini. Jaher captures their electric public rivalry and the competition that brought them into each other's orbit

Table Of Contents

The Dead Boys -- The River of Doubt -- The New Wilderness -- The Saxophone and Spirit Trumpet -- The Great Spirit Hunt -- The Witch of Lime Street -- Spirits of the Dead -- How Death Deals Its Cards -- The Shadow of a Dream -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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