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'''Jack McMillen''' (1911-1993), an amateur magician, specialized in gambling demos and cards and coins.
  
Specialized in gambling demos and cards and coins.
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== Biography==
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In the 1940s, he was employed as a railroad agent as an undercover detective whose job it was to patrol the line for cardsharps and cheats.  
  
Created the Plunger Principle for the Card Rise.
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In 1936 when [[Genii]] began publishing, he contributed many of his card effects.<ref>Obit, Magic, April 1993</ref>
  
=Books=
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McMillen created the [[Plunger Principle]] for the Card Rise which along with other (credited and uncredited) items were published in [[Expert Card Technique]].
* Take a Card (with Judson Brown) (1929)
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* Sleights and Swindles (1981)
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[[Category:Biographies|McMillen, Jack]]
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He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Fellowship from the [[Academy of Magical Arts]] in 1991.
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==Books==
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* [[Take A Card]] (with [[Judson Brown]]) (1929)
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* [[Sleights and Swindles]] (1981)
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Revision as of 21:50, 6 August 2013

Jack McMillen
BornApril 19, 1911
Stockton,California
DiedFebruary 14, 1993 (age 81)
CategoriesBooks by Jack McMillen

Jack McMillen (1911-1993), an amateur magician, specialized in gambling demos and cards and coins.

Biography

In the 1940s, he was employed as a railroad agent as an undercover detective whose job it was to patrol the line for cardsharps and cheats.

In 1936 when Genii began publishing, he contributed many of his card effects.[1]

McMillen created the Plunger Principle for the Card Rise which along with other (credited and uncredited) items were published in Expert Card Technique.

He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts in 1991.

Books

References

  1. Obit, Magic, April 1993