David Abbott (magician)
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For other persons named David Abbott, see David Abbott (disambiguation).
- For the longrunning American magic convention, see Abbott's Get Together.
David Phelps Abbott (1836 - 1934) was a magician, author and inventor who created such effects as the floating ball, later made famous by Okito. The best known of the books he wrote is Behind the Scenes With the Mediums (1907), considered to be one of the best exposures of the methods used by psychics.
[edit] References
- Who's Who in Magic History
- Brief Biography at The Magic Nook
- David P. Abbott and the Notorious Bangs Sisters by Todd Carr. An excerpt from House of Mystery: The Magic Science of David P. Abbott Edited by Teller and Todd Karr. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
