Lewis Ganson
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Born | Lewis Jack Ganson 1913 West Ham, Essex, England |
Died | 22 December 1980(1980-12-22) (aged 66–67) Hampshire, England |
Occupation | Professional magician |
Known for | Sleight of Hand, card magic, coin magic |
Lewis Jack Ganson (1913 – 22 December 1980)[1] was an English magician who became one of the most prolific writers in magic, going on to write and edit more than sixty books on the subject.[2]
Career
For years, he was the editor of Harry Stanley's The Gen and contributor to Magigram magazines. He was also a vice president of the British Ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and founder member of the Portsmouth and district magic circle.
Ganson was a professional close-up magician except for his time in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1939–1958.
Published works
- Expert Manipulation of Playing Cards (1948)
- How Right You Are (1948)
- Routined Manipulation, Vol. 1 (1950)
- Routined Manipulation, Vol. 2 (1952)
- Routined Manipulation Finale (1954)
- A Magician Explains (1955)
- Unconventional Magic (1956)
- Cy Enfield's Entertaining Card Magic (part I, II and III – 1955–1958)
- Dai Vernon Book of Magic (1957)
- Dai Vernon's Cups and Balls (1958)
- Dai Vernon's Symphony of the Rings (1958)
- Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1959)
- Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1960)
- The Magic of Slydini (1960)
- Magic of the Mind (1960)
- Vernon's More Secrets of Card Magic (1960)
- Vernon's Further Secrets of Card Magic (1961)
- Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig (1963)
- Malini and his Magic (1963)
- Ron Macmillan's Symphony of the Spheres (1963)
- Marconick's Silk Magic (1964)
- Give a Magician Enough Rope (1966)
- Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic (1967)
- Art of Close-up, The Vol. 1 (1966)
- Art of Close-up, The Vol. 2 (1966)
- Card Magic by Manipulation (1971)
- Reelistic Magic (1972)
- Mini Slate Magic (1973)
- Magic with Faucett Ross (1975)
- Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees (1975)
- Fan Finale (1975)
- Ganson Teach-In Series (1977–1987)
- Tiny Trio (1978)
- Three Little Words (1978)
- The Magic of Frederica (1981)
- The Ganson Book (1982)
- The Essential Dai Vernon (2009)
- The Complete Ganson Teach-In Series (2010)
Awards and honors
- Magic Castle Academy of Magical Arts' first Literary Fellowship in 1968.
See also
- List of magicians
- Card magic
- Coin magic
- Sleight of hand
References
External links
- See more about Lewis Ganson at MagicPedia, the free online Magic encyclopedia.
- Lewis Ganson – Dai Vernon book of Magic bibliography
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- 1968: Lewis Ganson, Jack Potter
- 1969: Peter Warlock
- 1970: Walter B. Gibson
- 1971: Milbourne Christopher
- 1972: Frances Marshall
- 1973: Eric Lewis
- 1974: Martin Gardner
- 1975: Ed Marlo
- 1976: John Booth
- 1977: J.B. Bobo
- 1978: John Braun
- 1979: Glenn Gravatt
- 1980: Harry Lorayne
- 1981: Gerald Kosky
- 1982: Sam H. Sharpe
- 1983: Sid Lorraine
- 1984: Edwin A. Dawes
- 1985: Karl Fulves
- 1986: Bill & Irene Larsen
- 1987: Robert Lund
- 1988: Robert Albo, Ken de Courcy
- 1989: David Price
- 1990: Micky Hades
- 1991: Bascom Jones Jr.
- 1992: Karrell Fox
- 1993: Jon Racherbaumer
- 1994: Donald Bevan
- 1995: Robert Orben
- 1996: Stephen Minch
- 1997: Richard Kaufman
- 1998: Mike Caveney
- 1999: Val Andrews
- 2000: Richard Buffum
- 2001: Jim Steinmeyer
- 2002: Sid Fleischman
- 2003: Jim Reilley
- 2004: Bart Whaley
- 2005: David Britland
- 2006: David Goodsell, Phil Willmarth
- 2007: William Kalush
- 2008: Louis Falanga
- 2009: Todd Karr
- 2010: Stan Allen
- 2011: Roberto Giobbi
- 2012: David Charvet
- 2013: Steve Beam
- 2014: Dan & Dave Buck
- 2015: Will Houstoun
- 2016: Dr. Lori Pieper
- 2017: David Ginn
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