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* ... when [[Mahatma]] was started by George H. Little, it was was the only a [[Magic Periodical]] at the time in the United States devoted to the interests of magicians.
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* ... Author [[Clayton Rawson]] organized an informal exclusive magic organization in New York City called the [[Witchdoctors Club]]...
* ... [[Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée]] (New White Magic Explained) by J. N. Ponsin was the first book written in French that dealt exclusively with magic...
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* ... George Casaubon was the pen name of [[Monsignor Vincent Foy]], a Roman Catholic priest and magic collector.
* ... [[Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée]] was used by [[Prof. Hoffmann]] to write [[Modern Magic]]. A translation of parts not used by Hoffmann was published by [[S.H. Sharpe]] as [[Ponsin On Conjuring]]...
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* ... [[Professor Henderson]] (Milton H. Grannat) was one of the crew on the Monitor, during the [[Civil War]]. After retiring from the Federal Navy at the close of the Civil War, became a magician.
* ... [[Albert P. Smith]], The Mysterious Smith, publicity stunt was a coffin escape ...
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* ... [[Houdini]] wrote under the name "N. Osey" for both [[Mahatma]] and his own [[Conjurers' Monthly Magazine]]....
* ... [[MIKO]] (also known as the Three and a Half of Clubs trick) by [[Harold Sterling]] was named in honor of [[Milt Kort]]...
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* ... American author John Ball (who wrote the mystery novel "In the Heat of the Night" involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs in 1965) performed as a semi-professional magician in college as [[Jacques_Morintell]]...
* ... [[The Magic Show]] starring [[Doug Henning]] had to be written around Doug's inability to sing...
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* ... [[Edouard-Joseph Raynaly]] was one of the first magicians on film...
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* ... [[W.D. LeRoy]] was responsible for recruiting one of every six memberships of [[SAM]] during the first few years...
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''See also  [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]]''.
* ... [[Sidney H. Radner]] once owned one of the world's largest collections of [[Harry Houdini]] artifacts ...
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* ... [[Washington Irving Bishop]] was the originator of the [[Blindfold Drive]] in 1885 using a horse and carriage...
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  • ... Author Clayton Rawson organized an informal exclusive magic organization in New York City called the Witchdoctors Club...
  • ... George Casaubon was the pen name of Monsignor Vincent Foy, a Roman Catholic priest and magic collector.
  • ... Professor Henderson (Milton H. Grannat) was one of the crew on the Monitor, during the Civil War. After retiring from the Federal Navy at the close of the Civil War, became a magician.
  • ... Houdini wrote under the name "N. Osey" for both Mahatma and his own Conjurers' Monthly Magazine....
  • ... American author John Ball (who wrote the mystery novel "In the Heat of the Night" involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs in 1965) performed as a semi-professional magician in college as Jacques_Morintell...


See also Recent changes.