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Robert E. Olson
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| Robert E. Olson | |
| Born | Robert E. Olson 1927 St. Paul, Minnesota |
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| Categories | Books by Robert E. Olson |
Rev. Robert E. Olson, an American magician, collector, author and illustrator, specialized in gospel magic. He is noted for his biographies of famous magicians.[1][2]
Rev. Robert E. Olson was a Howard Thurston historian.[3] His articles on Thurston ran for ten years in Tops Magazine. These nine magazines are just a small part of that ten-year run and each contains a short (usually two-page) portion of the Thurston article series.
Books
- The Added Touch (1963)
- Carl Rosini — His Life and His Magic (1966)
- Two Hands - Three Pockets - Four Magic (1966)
- The World's Greatest Magician - A Tribute To Howard Thurston (1981)
- Illusion Builder to Fu-Manchu (1986)
- The Complete Life Of Howard Franklin Thurston Volumes 1 & 2 (1993)
- A Magician's Tour - Revisited by Harry Kellar, Phil Temple, Robert E. Olson (2000)
References
- ↑ The NEW TOPS, Vol. 15 No. 12 December 1975, COVER PORTRAIT by Neil Foster, page 8
- ↑ The Linking Ring, Vol. 59, No. 4, April 1979, HOCUSPOCUS PARADE, ROBERT E. OLSON 40 Years in Magic by Phil Willmarth, page 59
- ↑ http://www.thurstonmastermagician.com/ThurstonInTheMedia_02a.htm
