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4382794Spirit Sleuthshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/spirit-sleuths-9781662680243/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4114308/image.jpg?v=638485809037330000223290MXNAstra Publishing HouseInStock/Ebooks/<p>A School Library Journal Best Book, Best Nonfiction Middle to High School 2024<br />A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2024<br />2025 Texas Topaz List<br />CCBC Choices 2025<br />2025 Capitol Choices</p><p>The latest from acclaimed author Gail Jarrow reveals how magiciansincluding Harry Houdini and his team of investigatorsexposed fake mediums who exploited the vulnerable and gullible in the early twentieth century.</p><p>? <em>Shelf Awareness</em>, starred review<br />? <em>School Library Journal</em>, starred review</p><p>After millions of people died during World War I and from the 1918 influenza pandemic, the popularity of Spiritualism soared. Desperate to communicate with their dead loved ones, the bereaved fell prey to extortion by fraudulent mediums and fortune-tellers.</p><p>But magician Harry Houdini wasnt fooled. He recognized the scammers methods as no more than conjurers tricks. Angered by the way people were exploited, Houdini set out to expose the ghost hoaxes. In his stage show, he revealed the fraudsters techniques, and he used a team of undercover investigators to collect proof of séance deceptions. His head secret agent was a young New York private detective and disguise expert, Rose Mackenberga woman who continued her ghost-busting career for decades, long after Houdinis death in 1926.</p><p>Ideal for young readers and adults who are drawn to the worlds of psychics and magicians, this riveting book uncovers a little-known chapter in American history and details the ways people were (and still are) deceived by mediums and fortune-tellers.</p>...4531867Spirit Sleuths223290https://www.gandhi.com.mx/spirit-sleuths-9781662680243/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4114308/image.jpg?v=638485809037330000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781662680243_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_<p><strong>The latest from acclaimed author Gail Jarrow reveals how magiciansincluding Harry Houdini and his team of investigatorsexposed fake mediums who exploited the vulnerable and gullible in the early twentieth century.</strong></p><p>After millions of people died during World War I and from the 1918 influenza pandemic, the popularity of Spiritualism soared. Desperate to communicate with their dead loved ones, the bereaved fell prey to extortion by fraudulent mediums and fortune-tellers.</p><p>But magician Harry Houdini wasnt fooled. He recognized the scammers methods as no more than conjurers tricks. Angered by the way people were exploited, Houdini set out to expose the ghost hoaxes. In his stage show, he revealed the fraudsters techniques, and he used a team of undercover investigators to collect proof of séance deceptions. His head secret agent was a young New York private detective and disguise expert, Rose Mackenberga woman who continued her ghost-busting career for decades, long after Houdinis death in 1926.</p><p>Ideal for young readers and adults who are drawn to the worlds of psychics and magicians, this riveting book uncovers a little-known chapter in American history and details the ways people were (and still are) deceived by mediums and fortune-tellers.</p>...(*_*)9781662680243_<p>A School Library Journal Best Book, Best Nonfiction Middle to High School 2024<br />A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2024</p><p>The latest from acclaimed author Gail Jarrow reveals how magiciansincluding Harry Houdini and his team of investigatorsexposed fake mediums who exploited the vulnerable and gullible in the early twentieth century.</p><p>? <em>Shelf Awareness</em>, starred review<br />? <em>School Library Journal</em>, starred review</p><p>After millions of people died during World War I and from the 1918 influenza pandemic, the popularity of Spiritualism soared. Desperate to communicate with their dead loved ones, the bereaved fell prey to extortion by fraudulent mediums and fortune-tellers.</p><p>But magician Harry Houdini wasnt fooled. He recognized the scammers methods as no more than conjurers tricks. Angered by the way people were exploited, Houdini set out to expose the ghost hoaxes. In his stage show, he revealed the fraudsters techniques, and he used a team of undercover investigators to collect proof of séance deceptions. His head secret agent was a young New York private detective and disguise expert, Rose Mackenberga woman who continued her ghost-busting career for decades, long after Houdinis death in 1926.</p><p>Ideal for young readers and adults who are drawn to the worlds of psychics and magicians, this riveting book uncovers a little-known chapter in American history and details the ways people were (and still are) deceived by mediums and fortune-tellers.</p>...(*_*)9781662680243_<p>A School Library Journal Best Book, Best Nonfiction Middle to High School 2024<br />A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2024<br />2025 Texas Topaz List</p><p>The latest from acclaimed author Gail Jarrow reveals how magiciansincluding Harry Houdini and his team of investigatorsexposed fake mediums who exploited the vulnerable and gullible in the early twentieth century.</p><p>? <em>Shelf Awareness</em>, starred review<br />? <em>School Library Journal</em>, starred review</p><p>After millions of people died during World War I and from the 1918 influenza pandemic, the popularity of Spiritualism soared. Desperate to communicate with their dead loved ones, the bereaved fell prey to extortion by fraudulent mediums and fortune-tellers.</p><p>But magician Harry Houdini wasnt fooled. He recognized the scammers methods as no more than conjurers tricks. Angered by the way people were exploited, Houdini set out to expose the ghost hoaxes. In his stage show, he revealed the fraudsters techniques, and he used a team of undercover investigators to collect proof of séance deceptions. His head secret agent was a young New York private detective and disguise expert, Rose Mackenberga woman who continued her ghost-busting career for decades, long after Houdinis death in 1926.</p><p>Ideal for young readers and adults who are drawn to the worlds of psychics and magicians, this riveting book uncovers a little-known chapter in American history and details the ways people were (and still are) deceived by mediums and fortune-tellers.</p>...(*_*)9781662680243_<p>A School Library Journal Best Book, Best Nonfiction Middle to High School 2024<br />A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2024<br />2025 Texas Topaz List<br />CCBC Choices 2025</p><p>The latest from acclaimed author Gail Jarrow reveals how magiciansincluding Harry Houdini and his team of investigatorsexposed fake mediums who exploited the vulnerable and gullible in the early twentieth century.</p><p>? <em>Shelf Awareness</em>, starred review<br />? <em>School Library Journal</em>, starred review</p><p>After millions of people died during World War I and from the 1918 influenza pandemic, the popularity of Spiritualism soared. Desperate to communicate with their dead loved ones, the bereaved fell prey to extortion by fraudulent mediums and fortune-tellers.</p><p>But magician Harry Houdini wasnt fooled. He recognized the scammers methods as no more than conjurers tricks. Angered by the way people were exploited, Houdini set out to expose the ghost hoaxes. In his stage show, he revealed the fraudsters techniques, and he used a team of undercover investigators to collect proof of séance deceptions. His head secret agent was a young New York private detective and disguise expert, Rose Mackenberga woman who continued her ghost-busting career for decades, long after Houdinis death in 1926.</p><p>Ideal for young readers and adults who are drawn to the worlds of psychics and magicians, this riveting book uncovers a little-known chapter in American history and details the ways people were (and still are) deceived by mediums and fortune-tellers.</p>...(*_*)9781662680243_<p>A School Library Journal Best Book, Best Nonfiction Middle to High School 2024<br />A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2024<br />2025 Texas Topaz List<br />CCBC Choices 2025<br />2025 Capitol Choices</p><p>The latest from acclaimed author Gail Jarrow reveals how magiciansincluding Harry Houdini and his team of investigatorsexposed fake mediums who exploited the vulnerable and gullible in the early twentieth century.</p><p>? <em>Shelf Awareness</em>, starred review<br />? <em>School Library Journal</em>, starred review</p><p>After millions of people died during World War I and from the 1918 influenza pandemic, the popularity of Spiritualism soared. Desperate to communicate with their dead loved ones, the bereaved fell prey to extortion by fraudulent mediums and fortune-tellers.</p><p>But magician Harry Houdini wasnt fooled. He recognized the scammers methods as no more than conjurers tricks. Angered by the way people were exploited, Houdini set out to expose the ghost hoaxes. In his stage show, he revealed the fraudsters techniques, and he used a team of undercover investigators to collect proof of séance deceptions. 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