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J. Stewart Smith

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J. Stewart Smith
BornDecember 31, 1893
Augusta, Georgia
DiedJanuary 8, 1981 (age 87)
Shreveport, Louisiana

J. Stewart Smith (1893-1981) rarely performed magic but wrote numerous books on card magic.[1]

Biography

He held I.B.M. No. 6310 beginning in 1938 and was a member of the Order of Merlin. He was also a member of the TAOM.[2]

Books

  • The Top of the Deck (1950)
  • One More Thought on Cards (1955)
  • Further Thoughts on Cards (1960)
  • The Wave of the Hands (1960)
  • It Just Happens (1961)
  • It Can Be Magic - Thirteen Card Illusions (1963)
  • The Lonely Quest (1964)
  • Silent Evidence: The Might of Magic and its Commanding (1965)
  • Strange Command (1966)
  • The Weird Influence (1966)
  • An Approach to Genuine Magic - Part 1 (1969)
  • This Intangible Something (1969)
  • An Approach to Genuine Magic - Part 2 (1971)
  • The Unknown Influences (1972)
  • A Glimpse into the Unknown (1974)
  • Realm of the Incredibile (1983)
  • The Collected Works of J. Stewart Smith (1983)

References

  1. The Linking Ring, Vol. 44, No. 8, August 1964, On A Guy Named Smith by Harris A. Solomon, page 20
  2. The Linking Ring, Vol. 61, No. 4, April 1981, Broken Wand J. STEWART SMITH, page 104
  • M-U-M, Vol. 55, No. 3, August 1965, J. STEWART SMITH magician-of-the-month by Leslie P. Guest, page 6
  • The Linking Ring, Vol. 70, No. 8, August 1990, Ring Reports, page 158