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Jack Vosburgh

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Jack Vosburgh
BornJohn Edwin Vosburgh
December 27, 1918
Butte, Montana
DiedJuly 10, 1995 (age 76)
Sayre, Pennsylvania
Flourished1940s
CategoriesBooks by Jack Vosburgh

Jack Vosburgh (1918-1995) was a teacher (English literature and composition) and amateur magician.

biography

He graduated from Penn State in 1940 and Middlebury College in 1944.

First became interested in magic in 1928 with interest in cards and mental effects. He was a contributor to the Linking Ring, Genii, and The Jinx. [1] [2]

Books

  • More than a Trick (1941)
  • Little Miracles (1944)
  • The Matches of Lucifer (1945)
  • The Mind Mirror (1950)


References

  1. My Best, by J. G. Thompson, Jr. 1945
  2. The Linking Ring, Vol. 76, No. 3, March 1996, Obituary JOHN (JACK) E. VOSBURGH, page 134
  • The Linking Ring, Vol. 22, No. 8, October 1942, JACK VOSBURGH, page 47