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Larry "Ratso" Sloman is a New York-based author best known for his collaboration with Howard Stern on the radio personality's two best-selling books, Private Parts and Miss America He also appears in all of Kinky Friedman's mystery novels as the Dr. Watson to Kinky's Sherlock. Sloman wrote an account of Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour, On the Road with Bob Dylan. He has also penned Reefer Madness, a history of marijuana use in the United States, Thin Ice, an account of one season with the New York Rangers hockey team, Steal This Dream, an oral biography of Abbie Hoffman. His latest book, The Secret Life of Houdini, written with magic historian William Kalush, presented groundbreaking research that proved that early 20th Century American magician Harry Houdini was a spy. The authors also raised the possibility that Houdini had been murdered by a cabal of Spiritualists, prompting Houdini's great-nephew to call for an exhumation of the magician's body to test for poisoning. Sloman's other collaborations include Mysterious Stranger, with the magician David Blaine and Scar Tissue, the autobiography of the Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis. Sloman serves as executive editor of National Lampoon Magazine.

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Total Books: 17
Iron Ambition My Life with Cus D'Amato
2018 - Iron Ambition My Life with Cus D'amato (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780525533634
ISBN-10: 052553363X
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Money, Sports & Outdoors
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Undisputed Truth My Autobiography
2016 - Undisputed Truth My Autobiography [Chinese Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9787550262393
ISBN-10: 755026239X
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Outdoors
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The Secret Life of Houdini The Making of the World's Greatest Mystifier
2013 - The Secret Life of Houdini the Making of the World's Greatest Mystifier (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781471133992
ISBN-10: 1471133990
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
  • Currently 1/5 Stars.
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Undisputed Truth My Autobiography
2013 - Undisputed Truth My Autobiography (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780007502523
ISBN-10: 0007502524
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
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The Secret Life of Houdini The Making of America's First Superhero
2007 - The Secret Life of Houdini the Making of America's First Superhero (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780743272087
ISBN-10: 0743272080
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 8

The Secret Life of Houdini The Making of America's First Superhero
2007 - The Secret Life of Houdini the Making of America's First Superhero (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780739479841
ISBN-10: 0739479849
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 6

The Secret Life of Houdini The Making of America's First Superhero
2006 - The Secret Life of Houdini the Making of America's First Superhero (Hardcover)Paperback, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780743272070
ISBN-10: 0743272072
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
 8

The Secret Life of Houdini The Making of America's First Superhero
2006 - The Secret Life of Houdini the Making of America's First Superhero [Audio CD - Abridged] (Audio CD)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780743555982
ISBN-10: 0743555988
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 2

Larousse Dictionnaire De Poche
2005 - Larousse Dictionnaire De Poche [Neubearbeitung] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783060284771
ISBN-10: 3060284776
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Scar Tissue
2004 - Scar Tissue (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781401301019
ISBN-10: 1401301010
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 13

On the Road With Bob Dylan
2002 - On the Road with Bob Dylan (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781400045969
ISBN-10: 1400045967
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 1

Steal This Dream  Abbie Hoffman  the Countercultural REvolustion in America
1998 - Steal This Dream Abbie Hoffman the Countercultural Revolustion in America (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780385411622
ISBN-10: 0385411626
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 2

Thin Ice A Season in Hell With the New York Rangers
1983 - Thin Ice a Season in Hell with the New York Rangers (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780440185710
ISBN-10: 0440185718
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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On the Road with Bob Dylan Rolling with the Thunder
1978 - On the Road with Bob Dylan Rolling with the Thunder (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780553116410
ISBN-10: 055311641X
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Reefer Madness Marijuana in America
Reefer Madness Marijuana in America (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780394624464
ISBN-10: 0394624467
Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting
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Reefer madness The history of marijuana in America
Reefer Madness the History of Marijuana in America (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780672524233
ISBN-10: 0672524236
Genre: Nonfiction
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Thin ice A season in hell with the New York Rangers
Thin Ice a Season in Hell with the New York Rangers (Other)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780688006280
ISBN-10: 0688006280
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
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