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Dr. Barton Stewart Whaley.

Born in 1928.

Military intelligencer and historian.

Amateur student of magic.

Books

• The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic (1989) which won The John U. Zweers Scholarship Award.
• Who's Who in Magic (1990) which won the Henry Ridgely Evans History Award (with Martin Gardner & Jeff Busby).
• The Man Who Was Erdnase (1991) which won the SAM Special Library Award.
• Orson Welles: The Man Who Was Magic - e-book- 2006.