Jon Racherbaumer’s Top Ten Desert Island Magic Books
Greater Magic (Hilliard)
Tarbell Course in Magic (Tarbell)
Revolutionary Card Technique (Marlo)
Magic and Meaning (Burger-Neal)
Understanding Media (McLuhan)
Annotated Erdnase (Ortiz)
Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic(Gardner)
Card College (Giobbi)
Pallbearer’s Review (Fulves)
Expert Card Technique (Hugard and Braue)

About Jon Racherbaumer
Jon Racherbaumer (b.1940) spent his early years in Elmhurst, Illinois (Harlan Tarbell’s hometown), a western suburb of Chicago. His interest in magic was sparked by seeing Dr. Tarbell perform in 1950. Tarbell’s daughter, Marian, was involved in community theater with Jon’s mother at the time. Soon thereafter, he received his first magic book, Tarbell Course in Magic – Volume 1, on his eleventh birthday. After discovering that Dr. Tarbell had donated his entire course to the local library, Jon spent many hours diligently studied each volume along with other magic books in the library.