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After Hours Magic: a Book of Al Thatcher Card Magic by Gordon Boyd
New videos have been posted on our Videos page and YouTube Channel!
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We’re now on YouTube and some old home movie videos of Al have been added to our Videos page!
J. Boyd Obituary (1943 – 2021) – Westerville, OH – The Columbus Dispatch (legacy.com)
J. Gordon Boyd Obituary | Snyder Funeral Homes
From Gary and Vicki:
We will be forever grateful to Gordon for his friendship with our father and for authoring/compiling a book of our dad’s (Al Thatcher) card magic for publication. Al would be very honored to know there’s a book and a website with his name on them due to Gordon’s efforts. Gordon was a regular visitor to Al in his retirement home. Gordon and Al are doing some close-up magic together again!
Our sincere sympathy and condolences,
Gary Thatcher and Vicki (Thatcher) Lambert
A young member of our family is following in Al’s footsteps! He would be so proud.
In honor of what would have been our dad’s 101 birthday, we recently attended the Champions of Magic here in Columbus at the Palace Theater. He would have loved the show…it was great!
@MagicinHeelsKD @YoungandStrange @AlexMcAleer @illusionistFV
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Explanation
Seventy-three (73) of the tricks were created by a Magician by the name of Al Thatcher. Al was a good friend and cohort of Nick Trost. They both resided in Columbus, Ohio, and spent many hours together creating. If you have ever read any of Nick’s books you probably have seen Al’s name mentioned several times. His hand-written files have been assembled and incorporated into a book. Along with that 13 other magicians have each contributed a trick to be incorporated into this book.
A big thank you goes to the magicians who contributed tricks to the addendum of this book. Their generosity should not be overlooked. It is with their kind help that the card magic of Al Thatcher might become better known. These magicians are listed below.
Tom Craven, Stephen Bargatze, Gary Plants, Mike Powers, Dan Block, Steve Beam, Del Copley, Wynn Mertz, Nick Trost (Courtesy of H & R Publishing), Robert Bengel, Evert Chapman, Gordon Boyd, and Richard Bartram Jr.
Thirty-five dollars, again, not a typo!! Only $35 will get you this [amazon_textlink asin=’1622494377′ text=’fine spiral-bound book of magic’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’afterhoursmagic-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’97692d2d-2af0-11e8-b205-61a28127571f’] and will introduce you to a talented card man who has so far traveled in the shadows of other great creators of card magic. It will also provide you with 13 card tricks from other well-known card magicians. This is the deal of the year!
The first link below is for ebook/Kindle version. The second link below is for the spiral-bound paperback version.
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Also see: About the Author
Also see: About Al
Also see: After Hours Magic by Gordon Boyd
Article from the Capital Economy News, May 1945, when my dad worked as an accountant there.
I think my dad saved every Linking Ring Magazine, but the May 1953 issue was extra special!
Thank you for your interest in “After Hours Magic: A Book of Al Thatcher Card Magic” by Gordon Boyd.
This 155 page e-book (pdf) contains 72 card effects by Al Thatcher (the Kindle edition comes out to 236 pages after formatting). While not for the beginning card magician, the effects contained in this book are certainly within the reach of the intermediate card magician. The most difficult sleight would probably be an overhand stock shuffle or the “Elmsley Count”–pretty basic indeed. If you like effects that use the “breather crimp,” you will be pleased with what you find in these pages. Al liked creating effects that used the “breather” and there are many such effects in this book. In short, it is a book that will satisfy the most discerning magician and provide him/her with several effects that are worth many times the price of the book.
Gordon Boyd
June 16, 2014
Updates by Gary Thatcher (January 20, 2018):