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John Booth
John Booth (August 7, 1912 - ) was born John Nicholls Booth and became a successful nightclub magician before leaving magic in 1940 to pursue a career as a Unitarian minister. He eventually incorporated magic into his lectures. John conducted the funeral service for Eugene Laurant.
A prolific author, he penned hundreds of articles on magic, as well as publishing Canada's first magic magazine, Canadian Magician's Digest, in 1929. In 1931, he organized Canada's first magic convention.
Author of the long running Linking Ring Magazine column of history called "Memoirs of a Magician’s Ghost".
He was a word traveler and has climbed the Himalayas.
Books
- Forging Ahead in Magic (1939)
- Marvels of Mystery
- Super Magical Miracles
- Ahead In Magic
- Psychic Paradoxes
- Wonders of Magic
- The Fine Art of Hocus Pocus
- Conjurian's Discoveries
- Keys To Magic's Inner World
