UF GRANT

See the full story of UF Grant's incredable life
as told by those who knew him well. See rare film footage of Gen performing timeless illusions.

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UF Grant, an American Original

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The story of MAK Magic starts with Ulysses Fredrick Grant who was born in Millerton, New York on January 12, 1901, and would become one of the greatest minds in modern day magic.

Grant was the great, great grandson of Ulysses S Grant. Gen as he was called by family and friends, became interested in magic at a very young age after his step-father took him the a magic show. Gen as he was called followed the magican all a day.

In the early twenties, Grant began to sell magic effects and props out of his Pittsfield, Massachusetts home. After living in New York and then in Colon Michigan, where he worked for the Abbott Magic and Novelty Company, Grant built a reputation as a developer of good solid magic.

In the early fourties, he moved to Columbus, Ohio with his new bride and set up the UF Grant Magic company. Around 1944 he hooked up with R.N. Mange tand began to produce products under the name G & M.

Gen struggle with diabeties and eventially turned the business ovet to his daughter Maryanne and her husband Jim King. The busness then became MAK Magic.

Mak Magic is now strickly a wholesale distributor with retail customes around the world.