Houdini's "Girl Detective": The Real-Life Ghost-Busting Adventures Of Rose Mackenberg

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: Rose Mackenberg
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Aug 17, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 94 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1537143964
• • ISBN-13: 9781537143965