Harry Houdini became more famous at the beginning of the 20th century. The pop stars of the performers were who could bring crowds to the theaters; this was what Houdini dreamed of when he was a boy named Ehrich Weiss.
Ehrich Weiss was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 14874. His father was a rabbi. The family was poor, so two years after Ehrich was born, his father decided to go to America. They thought there might be more opportunities in America for Jewish people.
Four years in Appleton, Wisconsin, Houdini remembered that time as the happiest years of his life. When the circus came to town. Ehrich loved going to the circus, he especially liked doing acrobatic tricks on the trapeze.
But when one day his father had to leave the job.