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Nick K. Trost
[[Nick Trost]] (March 16, 1935 - October 23, 2008), born Nicholas K. Trost was a
prolific author of booklets and packet tricks.


Prolific author of booklets and packet tricks.
He was an alumnus of Ohio State University and a private the Army in 1957.
Nick Trost first became enthused about magic when he was seven or
eight years after seeing a magic show staged by the members of IBM Ring 3 in Troy, Ohio. He then met Bob Lewis of Dayton, Ohio, who sparked his keen interest in card magic.


Column in The [[New Tops]] from may 1961 until december 1994.
Trost did a card column in The [[New Tops]] from May 1961 until December 1994.


Hocus Pocus Parade in Linking Ring 1955 and also received the award for originality of a card effect at the IBM Convention in Pittsburgh. Pa. that same year.


Trost died of Brain cancer after being diagnosed earlier in 2008.
== Bibliography ==
* Table Tricks
* Subtle Card Creations
* CARDMAN'S SECRETS (1964)
* E.S.P. SESSION WITH NICK TROST (1965)
* Expert Gambling Tricks (1975)
* IMPROMPTU CARD MAGIC FOLIO NO. 2 (1979)
* Card Magic of Nick Trost
* Gambling Tricks with Cards II
* Mental Card Miracles


[[Category:Biographies|Trost, Nick]]
[[Category:Biographies|Trost, Nick]]

Revision as of 07:37, 24 October 2008

Nick Trost (March 16, 1935 - October 23, 2008), born Nicholas K. Trost was a prolific author of booklets and packet tricks.

He was an alumnus of Ohio State University and a private the Army in 1957. Nick Trost first became enthused about magic when he was seven or eight years after seeing a magic show staged by the members of IBM Ring 3 in Troy, Ohio. He then met Bob Lewis of Dayton, Ohio, who sparked his keen interest in card magic.

Trost did a card column in The New Tops from May 1961 until December 1994.

Hocus Pocus Parade in Linking Ring 1955 and also received the award for originality of a card effect at the IBM Convention in Pittsburgh. Pa. that same year.

Trost died of Brain cancer after being diagnosed earlier in 2008.

Bibliography

  • Table Tricks
  • Subtle Card Creations
  • CARDMAN'S SECRETS (1964)
  • E.S.P. SESSION WITH NICK TROST (1965)
  • Expert Gambling Tricks (1975)
  • IMPROMPTU CARD MAGIC FOLIO NO. 2 (1979)
  • Card Magic of Nick Trost
  • Gambling Tricks with Cards II
  • Mental Card Miracles