Houdini's Girl Detective: The Real-Life Ghost-Busting Adventures of Rose Mackenberg (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781537143965)

The 1920s: a time of unprecedented belief in "spiritualism", or the practice of ostensibly communicating with the spirits of the dead. Into this milieau stepped Rose Mackenberg, a private detective trained by the great magician and escape artist, Harry Houdini. Her mission: to investigate and expose "ghost racketeers" who used magic tricks and psychological manipulation to con bereaved people out of their hard-earned cash. "Houdini's Girl Detective" is an illustrated anthology of Rose Mackenberg's original 1929 newspaper article series, detailing her sometimes hair-raising adventures exposing the chicanery of the ghost racket.

Author: Tony Wolf, Rose Mackenberg
ISBN-10: 1537143964
ISBN-13: 9781537143965
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2016
Pages: 94
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d