
Ulysses Frederick Grant
#1 Illusions, Escape & Stage author
(12th January 1901 - 1st March 1978)
Also known as Gen Grant. Pro magic dealer in New York City 1925-1939 and later in Columbus, Ohio.
Prolific inventor, including "The Farmer and the Witch" (by 1935), "Walking thru a Ribbon" (by 1937), "Alagen Rope" (with Winston Freer by 1939), "Super-X Levitation" (in 1942), "Temple Screen" (by 1945), "Devil's Newspaper" (by 1948), "Chink Cans" (by 1949), "Pig Turns Around" (by 1952), "Cow Trick" (by 1955), "Chen-Lee Water Suspension" (by 1962), "Strat-o-Spheres" (by 1962), and "Candle-Lite" (by 1963).
Coauthors: Frank Lane, Eugene E. Gloye, H. Adrian Smith, Devin Knight, T. A. Whitney, Ken de Courcy, B. W. McCarron, Bert Allerton, Tony Corinda, Arthur Hastings, Edward Marlo, Joseph White, Tommy Windsor