Harry Houdini 
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods [PDF ebook] 

A Complete Expose’ Of The Modus Operandi Of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, Etc.
Harry Houdini was a Hungarian escape artist and magician. He had an intense interest in investigating spirituality. He was also an actor, film producer, and amateur aviator. In this volume Houdini discusses, fire-eaters, sword swallowers, poison eaters, human ostriches, and many other unusual phenomena. This is a great book for any amateur magician or anyone with a curiosity about how these illusions were accomplished.