During that time, he initially supported himself playing blackjack (using card counting techniques) and as an instructor at Harry Lorayne's memory school in New York.
His first main release to the magic world was a small book written by Harry Lorayne.
The actor Victor Jory, noted for his role as a magician detective, was a regular visitor to the club.
Three of his best sellers are The Memory Book, co-written with Harry Lorayne, his well-known ' Ready, Set, Remember ' the basis of many of his other writings, and Remember the Word, for memorizing portions of the Bible.
The system described in this article would again be popularized by Harry Lorayne, a best selling contemporary author on memory.
By the age of 14 he was already inventing magic effects and he illustrated his first book at age 16 (Afterthoughts by Harry Lorayne).
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