BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about Harry Houdini, the great escape artist and magician. BARBARA KLEIN: It was a hot July day in nineteen twelve.

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