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The history of magic and magicians is one of the most important aspects of our art. By studying the magicians, the tricks and illusions they performed, and their theatrical experiences, current and future magicians can benefit from the expertise and brilliance of those who've come before us.
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== Books on the History of Magic ==
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* [[The Lives of the Conjurors]] by [[Thomas Frost]] (1876).
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* [[The Annals of Conjuring]]  by [[Sydney W. Clarke]] (1929)
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* [[Panorama of Magic]] by [[Milbourne Christopher]](1962)
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* [[The Illustrated History of Magic]] by [[Milbourne Christopher]] (1973)
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* [[The Great Illusionists]] by [[Edwin Dawes]] (1979)
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* [[History of magic in St. Louis]] by [[Don Rataj]] (2011)
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{{See also|[[:Category:Biographies|Biographies]]}}
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== External References ==
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* A [http://geniimagazine.com/timeline/Timeline.html Timeline of 19th and 20th centuries magic and magicians] created from David Alexander's abandoned book project.
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* [http://conjuringarts.org/membership/index.shtml The Conjuring Arts Research Center]
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* A listing of [http://www.magicnook.com/forum/bioAB.htm Brief Biographies of Magic Inventors] collected from a variety of sources.
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Latest revision as of 03:33, 4 September 2011

The history of magic and magicians is one of the most important aspects of our art. By studying the magicians, the tricks and illusions they performed, and their theatrical experiences, current and future magicians can benefit from the expertise and brilliance of those who've come before us.

Books on the History of Magic

See also: Biographies.

External References

When you create a new MagicPedia article about History, put the following at the end of your article so that it shows up in this list for it to show up on this page: [[Category:History]]

Subcategories

This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.