Frederick Braue ronounced BROW-ee/small> (March 9, 1906 – July 3, 1962) was an American journalist notable for his contribution to the field of

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. He was a semi-professional magician, specializing in card magic, of which he was a master. Braue co-authored several books with

Jean Hugard Jean Hugard (4 December 1871 - 14 August 1959) was an Australian professional magician. History Hugard was born John Gerard Rodney Boyce in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the third son of John Alexander Boyce and Anne Brown. Educated at Too ...

, including ''Expert Card Technique'' and ''Royal Road to Card Magic''. As Braue and Hugard lived on opposite sides of the America, they wrote their books via correspondence. In the 1940s, Frederick Braue edited a children's page, called ''Aunt Elsie's Page'', for the ''

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'' newspaper. Frederick Braue contributed to many magazines including a column in Hugard's Magic Monthly, which he edited from 1959 to 1962. He also invented numerous card sleights and effects including: * Braue Reversal which is a method for reversing a card in the deck in the course of a cutting action. * Braue Addition * Rear Palm (in 1935) * Homing Card

Published works

In collaboration with

: * Expert Card Technique (1940) * Miracle Methods N° 1 : Stripper Deck (1941) * Miracle methods N° 2 : Gambling (1942) * Miracle Methods N° 3 : Prepared Cards (1942) * Miracle Methods N° 4 : Tricks and Sleights (1943) * The Invisible Pass (1946) * Showtoppers with Cards (1948) * Royal Road to Card Magic (1949) * Fred Braue On False Deals (1978)

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Frederick Braue (Open Library)
American magicians 1906 births 1962 deaths Sleight of hand Card magic American male journalists 20th-century American journalists Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area 20th-century American writers 20th-century American male writers {{magic-stub