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  2. www.pbs.org › features › houdini-londonJack and Charmian London | American Experience | PBS

    Jack London and Harry Houdini were two of the most remarkable Americans of the early twentieth century. That they quickly became friends when they met just before Thanksgiving in 1915 is not...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Charmian_LondonCharmian London - Wikipedia

    Although most cited was her relationship with Harry Houdini, she was not exclusive during the few periods they met. Her longest and most emotional relationship was with Frederick O'Brien , then a popular writer of South Sea travel accounts.

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  5. jacklondonpark.com › charmian-kittredge-londonCharmian Kittredge London | Jack London State Historic Park

    After Jack’s death, Charmian continued to date men and famously had a short relationship with Harry Houdini. She died at age 83 in 1955. Her ashes are buried with her husbands under a volcanic rock at Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen, CA.

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  7. www.wildabouthoudini.com › 2011 › 07WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini and Charmian London battle Martians

    Jul 12, 2011 · Houdini is joined by author Jack London and his adventurous wife Charmian, a woman ahead of her time, in the struggle to keep humanity free from eternal slavery and ultimate destruction. Nikola Tesla and young US Navy Ensign Chester Nimitz hold up their end of the fight in a classified submarine designed by the great inventor.

  8. london.sonoma.edu › biographies › charmian-kittredgeCharmian Kittredge London | Jack London Online at Sonoma ...

    Harry Houdini , among many, pursued her, but she genuinely loved only one, travel writer Frederick O'Brien. She had a large home, dubbed Happy Walls, designed by Harry P. Merritt, and stated it was to be used as a museum following her death.

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  10. www.pbs.org › features › houdini-expositionThe World's Columbian Exposition (1893) | American ... - PBS

    Houdini | Article Jack and Charmian London. Jack London and Harry Houdini quickly became friends when they met in 1915.

  11. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2020/03/30Harry Houdini and the Art of Escape | The New Yorker

    Mar 23, 2020 · As Kenneth Silverman detailed, in his 1996 biography, Houdini did have one secret affair, with Jack London’s widow, Charmian, but he appears to have run away from it.

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