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Magic is the illusion which is created when a series of natural movements apparently causes an unnatural, or magical, result. - Jean Hugard

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Featured article John Northern Hilliard John Northern Hilliard (1872 - 1935) was a Rochester newspaper man and clever amateur magician. Biography Hilliard was dramatic critic with The Chicago Herald and later on the staff of The Rochester (N. Y.) Post Express. After moving to New York, he met Howard Thurston while a reporter on The New York World and became interested in magic. John was credited with securing the master magician with his first engagement on the stage. Several years later Thurston induced Hilliard to give up his newspaper work and become his personal representative. With the urging of Floyd G. Thayer, John starting writing for Thayer's Magical Bulletin magazine. In 1925, Hilliard became an advance man for The Thurston show. During this time he accumulated notes on what he was learning about magic. In 1932, Carl Waring Jones urged him to turn his notes into a book, offering to publish it. But Hilliard suddenly died of a heart attack in 1935 while in a hotel room in Indianapolis. Read more about John Northern Hilliard… Did you know... From MagicPedia's random pages: Le Grand David ... Le Grand David and His Spectacular Magic Company was the longest consecutively running stage magic show in the world... ... Jerry Andrus called his home the castle of chaos… ... Al Mann was at Dunninger's bedside when he died… …Channing Pollock gave his act, including his birds, to his chauffeur... …Tony Corinda had the magic concession in Hamley's Toy Shop and it was run by Ali Bongo… See also Recent changes. Featured Tip Use the Discussion tab at the top of an article to add comments or make a suggestion. Send News Items and Upcoming Events here. If the front page content is out of date purge the cache Subscribe to MagicPedia updates MagicPedia RSS feed for new articles MagicPedia RSS feed for latest changes Follow @MagicPedia on Twitter

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