Magic through the Side Door by Chris McCauley

I’m going to tell you something shocking that you may not know. Houdini wanted to be a magician. But he couldn’t. That’s right: the greatest magician in history (reputedly) wanted to be a magician, but he wasn’t able to do it, at least not the way he wanted, and not right away. The history of Houdini and his act is as follows: he began in vaudeville as the King of Cards. But there was a huge...