This little book follows Harry Houdini’s plunge from the Harvard Bridge in Cambridge in 1908. It’s a very small story, but told well. I like how Houdini is shown as a rather small, not especially handsome, but certainly determined man. He was a superstar in his time, but didn’t look like an action hero.
There aren’t any real plot twists in the book (though Houdini does trick his audience and fret over his possibly waning fame), but it is solidly illustrated. Houdini’s escape towards the end, which is as certain as the Titanic sinking, is gripping.