| practice doing it. For a young 19 year old, introverted boy, this was quite an |
| Years later, after I had published several books, Jay Marshal approached me at a magic |
| convention we both were attending. He had a book to show me. The book, published |
| in Texas contained a detailed explanation of what I called Cards-n-Coins. The author |
| of the book was John Brown. |
| Getting back to my story, after the St. Louis convention I dropped out of serious magic |
| for a while. I had a difficult time with college and of course, there are those romances |
| that tie up a young man’s life. One day I decided to go down to the magic shop to |
| get my mind off my troubles. I had a Physics test coming up in a few days and was |
| tired of studying for it. When I walked into the shop, I found Albert Goshman standing |
| there. I was introduced and spent most of my time staring into the display cabinets |
| while Albert and the shop owner chatted. Then at some point the owner said, |
| “Why don’t you show Albert your coin trick?” I did. Mr. Goshman seemed |
| a bit perplexed and said something about the handling being very good. The |
| conversation in the room died. I did not know how to deal with that and said, |
| “Would you like to see it again?” Albert responded with some enthusiasm, |
| “Yes!” I did it again. Again, there was much silence after I performed it. |
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