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'''Bill Miesel'''is the publisher of [[Precursor]]: A Magazine of Innovation which started in June 1983.
 
 
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'''Bill Miesel''' (1935-2012), pronounced like measle, was an assistant manager of a supermarket in Erie, Pennsylvania, an amateur magician, author and publisher.<ref>http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=279299</ref>
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== Biography ==
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He contributed to many magazine and published [[Precursor]] with his friend [[Ed Eckl]]  starting in June of 1983.
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At the 2002 [[FFFF]], Eckle and Miesel receive plaques for the work they did on Precursor.
  
 
== Books ==
 
== Books ==
*[[The Creative Card Magic of William P. Miesel]] (1980)
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* ''[[The Creative Card Magic of William P. Miesel]]'' (1980)
*Fork Full of Appetizers, Book One (1982)
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* ''[[Improvisations]]'' (1981)
*Seconds From the Forkers (1984)
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* ''[[Fork Full of Appetizers, Book 1]]: From Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic'' (1982)
*Moe and his Miracles with Cards (1986)
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* ''[[Fork Full of Appetizers, Book 2]]: Seconds From the Forkers'' (1984)
*Visionary Card Effects (1995)
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* ''[[Moe and his Miracles with Cards]]'' (1986)
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* ''[[Visionary Card Effects]]'' (1995)
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{{References}}
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* M-U-M, Vol. 75, No. 12, May 1986, William P. Miesel MAGICIAN OF THE MONTH by Ed Eckl, page 25
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* The Linking Ring, Vol. 66, No. 11, November 1986, OUR COVER WILLIAM P. MIESEL, by Phil Willmarth, page 67
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* M-U-M, Vol. 102, No. 9, February 2013, Broken Wands, William P. (Bill) Miesel, by Ed Eckl
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* Obit [[Genii 2013 March]]
  
 
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Revision as of 14:29, 25 July 2015

William Miesel
BornWilliam Peter Miesel
September 12, 1935
Erie, Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 23, 2012 (age 77)
Erie, Pennsylvania

Bill Miesel (1935-2012), pronounced like measle, was an assistant manager of a supermarket in Erie, Pennsylvania, an amateur magician, author and publisher.[1]

Biography

He contributed to many magazine and published Precursor with his friend Ed Eckl starting in June of 1983.

At the 2002 FFFF, Eckle and Miesel receive plaques for the work they did on Precursor.

Books

References

  1. http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=279299
  • M-U-M, Vol. 75, No. 12, May 1986, William P. Miesel MAGICIAN OF THE MONTH by Ed Eckl, page 25
  • The Linking Ring, Vol. 66, No. 11, November 1986, OUR COVER WILLIAM P. MIESEL, by Phil Willmarth, page 67
  • M-U-M, Vol. 102, No. 9, February 2013, Broken Wands, William P. (Bill) Miesel, by Ed Eckl
  • Obit Genii 2013 March