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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 Grover George Grover George (1887 -1958) toured South and Central America during the time when Howard Thurston was the dominate magician in the United States. He returned to the United States where he performed in second rate venues until he eventually returned to South America. Biography Born in Zanesville Ohio, he got interested in magic at an early age. He performed his first magic show for a school in his hometown and eventually put himself through college by performing magic. In the 1920's George decided to step up his game by upgrading his show and taking it to the larger first class theaters. He purchased the equipment and rights to William "Doc" Nixon's act called 'Hong Kong Mysteries' and then formed the Mysteries Production Company. A young Paul Rosini was taken on as an assistant around 1923. He struggled with an American Tour because Howard Thurston, fearing competition, told theaters that if they booked George, they would not ever have Thurston on their stage again. Read more about Grover George... Did you know... From MagicPedia's random pages: Charles Morritt ... Charles Morritt trained under John Nevil Maskelyne at the Egyptian Hall? … ...And a Pack of Cards was revised by Jean Hugard and reprinted by Max Holden, and again by Louis Tannen? … Harry Rouclere was one of the first aviators and airplane owners? … Frank Csuri became friends with Faucett Ross, Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller and Connie Bush? … Sir Walter Scott gave the stage name, "The Great Wizard of the North", to John Henry Anderson? 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 If the front page content is out of date purge the cache Subscribe to MagicPedia updates MagicPedia RSS feed for new articles MagicPedia RSS feed for latest changes Follow @MagicPedia on Twitter

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