Miracle Mongers and Their Methods

Houdini on the fire eaters, sword swallowers, human ostriches, strongmen and poison-proof performers of history, and how their seemingly impossible feats were really done.

Harry Houdini, 1920 · E. P. Dutton & Company. Complete 265-page PDF. Free to download: check out at $0 and the file arrives by email and on your order page.

This classic is in the public domain. Scans come from library copies, so expect the odd stain or stamp of an old book.