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Dive into the riveting world of 15th and 16th century shipbuilding with Phineas Pett, a Master Shipbuilder from one of Englands most renowned shipbuilding families. His preserved journal, transcribed by Samuel Pepys and housed in the British Library, gives us an intimate look into the industrys critical and tumultuous period. Edited and published as an autobiography by William Gordon Perrin, this historical treasure was brought to public attention in 1918 by The Council of the Navy Records Society. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

A brilliant showman, genuinely interested in human psychology, and Houdini’s life and work reflect these many interested, and he must have known the cachet being born in America would give his act. More than a little daredevil, Houdini performed feats never matched by any other person. Phineas Taylor Barnum’s name has been associated with circus sideshows and freaks and jokes for more than a century, but the truth is that he was a great man and a visionary who shaped the country he loved so much.