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Dear sweet Harry /
A collage of interlinked stories and items, this unique collection of poetry ties the author's own family history with that of famous escapologist Harry Houdini and spy Mata Hari. Set during World War I, this volume delves into seemingly unrelated topics, such as the Jewish émigré experience,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Auckland, N.Z. :
Auckland University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Dedication; To the Editor, New York Times; I register tomorrow for enlisting; Suspended by my ankles; In February 1916; I need to know how it felt; It is true; One day, while writing about Houdini; Lynn Jenner; The recipe for Double-X; My mother and father were scientists; This is ZL4BY ... ZL4BY on the air . . .; According to my father; TB is such a funny bug; Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp was born in a plain wooden house; The tuberculous; Houdini first began to light up for me; In 1911 a sea monster which no one could identify; About this time I remember wondering
- 'My new show . . .'Above; Below; Pink light catches my eye; Houdini King of Handcuffs; HOUDINI CAUSES AN ELEPHANT AND ITS KEEPER TO VANISH AT THE HIPPODROME; 'Franz has been deported . . .'; Wednesday, March 3, 1915; There is a room with a wooden floor; The Day Before the Battle of the Somme; My grandfather's garden at Lawrence, looking west; The year is 1978; Our Harry was sent to the Western Front; 83 Aro Street; A slim dispensing Chemist; When I had a son in his early teens; 'It is surprising how many sons of Jewish clergymen there are on the stage'; Hotel Adlon; Hotel des Indes
- His Majesty's Intelligence ServiceMata Hari speaks about her birth; A Scottish nobleman made me his wife; MacLeod said; After her divorce she took the name Mata Hari; These are the facts; The light I see may be heat from a fire; A Hassidic story might start with trees; We walk in the middle of the road; On waking this morning; Even before death joined the act; Houdini talks about the performer's life; I don't know how long this thing can last; To M. Pierre Bouchardon; When I say the word train; Dear Sweet Harry; Lust and a complex nose of toffee and almonds and sweat; Code of Whistles
- If France in 1917 was just one paintingIn the mornings I learn Russian in the kitchen; Mr Gurdjieff hardly speaks a word to me; This faded Fuji photograph; Engines are the heart of trains; Index of first lines; Acknowledgements; About the Author