![]() By early October, Gibson had the first book complete and was ready to deliver it when news came of Houdini’s sudden death in Detroit, on October 31, 1926. The third book was to cover simple tricks of various types. The second book was to contain tricks with special packs of cards. The first book was to be composed of simple card tricks that could be done with an ordinary pack. Gibson had just done research on such tricks for Howard Thurston for the ghost-written book 200 Tricks You Can Do and had literally hundreds of extra tricks as a result of his research: thus there would be no duplication in Houdini’s books. Magician Walter Gibson collaborated on the project. ![]() Each book would be dedicated to clearly demonstrating simple magic tricks that the reader could do. In the 1920’s, Houdini wanted to write three books of magic for beginners.
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