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Book · 1932

Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship

Publication

Title
Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship
Author
Bernard M. L. Ernst (Columbia College, Class of 1899)
Form
Book
First published
1932
Publisher
Co-authored with Hereward Carrington
Note
chronicles Houdini’s friendship and eventual rift with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle over spiritualism and psychic fraud

Complete works of Bernard M. L. Ernst (4)

  1. 1930 Houdini’s Escapes (preface) · Preface to Walter B. Gibson’s account of Houdini’s escape techniques, prepared from Houdini’s private notebooks with Ernst’s assistance as the magician’s attorney and literary executor
  2. 1932 Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship · Co-authored with Hereward Carrington this record
  3. 1932 Houdini’s Magic · Co-authored with Walter B. Gibson, compiling Houdini’s magic-trick methods from his private papers
  4. 1933 Mathemagic: Magic, Puzzles and Games with Numbers (preface) · Preface to Royal Vale Heath’s book of numerical magic tricks and puzzles

Cite this record

Ernst, Bernard M. L.. Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship. Co-authored with Hereward Carrington, 1932.

Foundation record: https://philolexianfoundation.org/members/ernst-bernard-m-l-cc-1899/houdini-and-conan-doyle-the-story-of-a-strange-friendship-1932.html