SuitabookCuriosity, risk and determination
Harry is fascinated by circus performers and tries to reproduce their acts with his brother, bringing determination and judgement into tension.
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Eric A. Kimmel - Author
This is a lively biographical account of Harry Weiss’s early interest in performance, linking circus excitement with the beginnings of his later career as Harry Houdini.
Harry, dash, and the rest of the family go see a circus. One guy walks on a tightrope another hanging on a rope with just his teeth. Hrry and Dash practiced their on circus in a old barn. They found a rope and began walking on it, they kept falling next they tried barefoot a little better oh now they remember the circus man had a stick they used one and both Harry and Dash managed to get across! Another trick was a man holding on a rope with his teeth but Harry didn't know that he had a mouthgaurd. Later Harry fell and lost his 2 front teeth! Their parents got mad.They went back the next day to clean up the barn and Dash found handcuffs, Harry could escape them !
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a lively biographical account of Harry Weiss’s early interest in performance, linking circus excitement with the beginnings of his later career as Harry Houdini.
Harry is fascinated by circus performers and tries to reproduce their acts with his brother, bringing determination and judgement into tension.
The book focuses on Harry Weiss’s early fascination with circus acts before his later identity as Harry Houdini.
A useful point to notice is the difference between determination and judgement, especially in how Harry responds to an interest he does not yet fully understand.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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