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Walter B. Gibson

Walter Brown Gibson was an American author and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow. Under the house pen-name Maxwell Grant, he wrote "more than 300 novel-length" Shadow stories, writing up to "10,000 words a day" to satisfy public demand during the character's golden age in the 1930s and 1940s. As Andy Adams, (also a house pseudonym), Gibson is credited with writing at least five of the twelve novels in the Biff Brewster juvenile adventure and mystery series. Gibson wrote more than a hundred books on magic, psychic phenomena, true crime, mysteries, rope knots, yoga, hypnotism, and games. He served as a ghost writer for books on magic and spiritualism by Harry Houdini, Howard Thurston, Harry Blackstone, Sr., and Joseph Dunninger. He wrote the comic books and radio drama Blackstone, the Magic Detective. starring a fictionalized version of Harry Blackstone. Gibson introduced the "Chinese linking rings" trick in America, and invented the "Nickels to Dimes" trick that is still sold in magic stores to this day. He was married to Litzka R. Gibson, also a writer, and the couple lived in New York state.

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Born September 12, 1897
Died December 6, 1985

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  • Cover of: Fell's official guide to knots and how to tie them.

    Cover of edition isbn_9780811906890 Cover of edition knotshowtotiethe00gibs_635 First published in 1961 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Magic for beginners: your absolute, quitessential, all you wanted to know, complete guide

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    First published in 1963 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1953 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1956 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Houdini's escapes and magic: prepared from Houdini's private notebooks and memoranda with the assistance of Beatrice Houdini, widow of Houdini, and Bernard M. L. Ernst, president of the parent assembly of the Society of American Magicians

    First published in 1930 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The complete illustrated book of the psychic sciences

    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The new magician's manual: tricks and routines with instructions for expert performance by the amateur

    First published in 1936 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Magic with science: scientific tricks, demonstrations, and experiments for home, classes, science clubs, and magic shows

    First published in 1968 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The complete illustrated book of card magic: the principles and professional techniques fully revealed in text and photographs

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Born September 12, 1897
Died December 6, 1985

Subjects

Magic tricks, Knots and splices, Backgammon, Card games, Card tricks, American Fantasy fiction, American Paranormal fiction, Experiments, Science, Scientific recreations, Solitaire (Game), American Horror tales, American Occult fiction, Betting, Dictionaries, Games, Games, encyclopedias, Handbooks, manuals, Horse racing, Hypnotism, Juvenile literature, Magicians, Numerology, Occultisme, Parapsychologie

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Ticonderoga, United States

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Harry Houdini, Harry Houdini (1874-1926), Donald Campbell

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  • OLID: OL2745729A

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Alternative names

  • Walter Brown Gibson
  • (house pseudonyms Andy Adams and Maxwell Grant)
  • Douglas Brown
  • Harry Hershfield
  • Walter B Gibson
  • Walter B. Gibson (writing as Maxwell Grant)

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July 21, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Author bio
July 21, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Added new photo
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import