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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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* [[Garcia on Sponge Balls]] (1960)
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* [[Garcia on Billiard Balls]] (1960)
 
* [[Marked Cards And Loaded Dice]] (1962) which was later released as [[How To Detect Crooked Gambling]] (1977)
 
* [[Marked Cards And Loaded Dice]] (1962) which was later released as [[How To Detect Crooked Gambling]] (1977)
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* [[Wild Card]] (1962)
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* [[MacDonald's $100 Routine]] - [[New Stars of Magic]] (1972)
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* [[Million Dollar Card Secrets]] (1972)
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* [[Farky Hollis Predicts]] (1972)
 
* [[Super Subtle Card Miracles]] (1973)
 
* [[Super Subtle Card Miracles]] (1973)
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* [[Amedeo's Continental Magic]] (co-authored with [[George Schindler]]) (1974)
 
* [[All In A Nutshell]] (1974)  
 
* [[All In A Nutshell]] (1974)  
 
* [[Million Dollar Card Secrets]] (1975)
 
* [[Million Dollar Card Secrets]] (1975)
* [[Magic With Cards]] (with George Schindler)(1975)
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* [[Magic With Cards]] (with [[George Schindler]])(1974)
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* [[Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic]] (1976)
 
* [[Wild Card Miracles]] (1977)
 
* [[Wild Card Miracles]] (1977)
* [[Don't Bet On It !]] (1978)
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* [[How to Detect Crooked Gambling]] (re-release of [[Marked Cards and Loaded Dice]]) (1977)
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* [[Don't Bet On It!]] (treatise on the [[three card monte]]) (1978)
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* [[Real Secrets of the Three Ball Routines]] (1978)
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* [[Bullseye]] (with [[Fr. Cyprian]]) [[New Stars of Magic]] (1978)
 
* [[The Very Best of Cups and Balls]] (1979)
 
* [[The Very Best of Cups and Balls]] (1979)
* [[Elegant Card Magic of Father Cyprian]] (1980)
 
 
* [[Exclusive Card Secrets]] (1980)
 
* [[Exclusive Card Secrets]] (1980)
 
* [[Exclusive Card Miracles]] (1980)
 
* [[Exclusive Card Miracles]] (1980)
* [[Garcia on Sponge Balls]]
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* [[Elegant Card Magic of Father Cyprian]] (1980)
* [[Garcia's Billiard Balls]]
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* [[Close Up Magic of Frank Garcia Part One]] (1982)
* [[Close Up Magic of Frank Garcia Part One]]
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* [[Close Up Magic of Frank Garcia Part Two]] (1982)
* [[Close Up Magic of Frank Garcia Part Two]]
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==References==
 
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Revision as of 02:37, 23 May 2010

Frank Garcia (May 8, 1927 - July 15, 1993) was a very popular magician who was known as "The Man With The Million Dollar Hands." His specialty was gambling scams and cheating.

Performing 3 shell game

Biography

Son of Spanish immigrants, he decided to become a magician after seeing a performance of Fu Manchu.

As "The Gambling Investigator" he demonstrated and exposed cheating methods at tradeshows and to law enforcement organizations throughout the United States and on television shows.

Co-founder (with George Schindler) of the New York's School for Magicians

Bibliography

References