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The American Magazine [Vol. CXXIII No. 4, April 1937] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell Publishing Co., 25¢, 194pp+, quarto, cover by Arthur O’Neill) []
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11 · Fine to Look At [Part 1 of 6] · Sophie Kerr · sl; illustrated by Mario Cooper

16 · Wild Bull of Manhattan · William Seabrook · bg [Ref. F. H. LaGuardia]

18 · Gentleman’s Maid · Edward Hope · ss; illustrated by Alfred Parker

20 · Curtain for an Actress · Alexandra Brown · na; illustrated by Donald Teague

24 · Flying Blind · Leland Jamieson · ss; illustrated by Ronald McLeod

26 · 101 Ways to Catch a Fish · George Greenfield · ar

28 · White Brigand [Part 3 of 6] · Edison Marshall · sl; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

32 · Straight Shooter · Richard Powell · ss; illustrated by Alfred Parker

36 · New Star in the Union? · Webb Waldron · ar

38 · Scattergood Deals in Dreams [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by Paul Meylan

41 · The Meanest Man I Ever Knew · J. Edgar Hoover & Courtney Ryley Cooper · bg [Ref. George W. Barrett]

42 · How We’ll Get the Lusitania’s Gold · Captain John D. Craig · ar

45 · No Alibi Needed · R. G. Kirk · vi

46 · Model Jobs · Thomas Sugrue · ar

48 · The Red Box [Part 5 of 5; Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · sl; illustrated by James Schucker

51 · Look Before You Crash · Olive H. Rabe · ar

52 · “The Lady Is Poison” · Borden Chase · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark

56 · Revolt · Hugh Walpole · ss; illustrated by Robert C. Gellert

61 · We Go Off Relief · [uncredited] · ar

64 · It Takes All Kinds · Albert Benjamin · cl

68 · My First Car · [uncredited] · cn

72 · Along the Way · The Gentleman Near the Door · cl

76 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

84 · The House Detective · Roger B. Whitman · qa

86 · Always Fair Weather · Henry F. Bringle · ar

97 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · bg

110 · Don’t You Believe It · Joseph Nathan Kane · ms

114 · The Way Out · William Corbin · cl

128 · How Limber Is Your Mind? · [uncredited] · pz

154 · Our Changing World · George R. Reiss · ms

160 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct; illustrated by O. Soglow

162 · On the Importance of Being Wrong · Arthur Guiterman · pm

192 · Initiative · Harry M. Warner · ar

194 · What the Readers Say · The Readers · lc

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXIII No. 5, May 1937] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell Publishing Company, 25¢, 192pp+, quarto, cover: [photo] by Paul Hesse) []
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11 · Thieves’ Picnic [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na; illustrated by Donald Teague; Leslie Charteris apparently gave this as an extreme example of editor re-writing: in this version moving the whole action from the Canary Islands to Haiti.

18 · Match Point · Valma Clark · ss; illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

20 · Good Hunting · Gordon Malherbe Hillman · ss; illustrated by Alfred Parker

24 · Give Me My Choice · Beatrice Thorne · ss; illustrated by W. Emerton Heitland

28 · Evening in Hawaii · Arthur Tuckerman · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

34 · Fine to Look At [Part 2 of 6] · Sophie Kerr · sl; illustrated by Mario Cooper

38 · Write and Wrong · Fred Dodge · vi

40 · White Brigand [Part 4 of 6] · Edison Marshall · sl; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

46 · Guest Artist [Tink] · Howard Brubaker · ss; illustrated by Carl Mueller

52 · Hen-Pecked Maid · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss; illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

56 · Sing Loudly in the Sun · Thomas Sugrue · ss; illustrated by Norman Rockwell

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXIII No. 6, June 1937] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell Publishing Company, 25¢, 198pp, quarto, cover: [photo] by Paul Hesse) []
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11 · Puzzle in the Snow · Philip Wylie · na; illustrated by Matt Clark

14 · Americans First · William Seabrook · ar; illustrated by Herbert Paus

16 · Home Is the Sailor · Natalie Shipman · ss; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

20 · It’s a Toss-up: Billy & Bobby Mauch · Jerome Beatty · ar

22 · Ask Me No Questions [Part 1 of 5] · Edward Hope · sl; illustrated by Floyd Davis

26 · Special Delivery to Rio · Eustace L. Adams · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

30 · My Advice to the G.O.P. · Charles Michelson · ar; illustrated by Harold Morton Talburt

32 · Fine to Look At [Part 3 of 6] · Sophie Kerr · sl; illustrated by Mario Cooper

36 · What Do You Say to Your Wife? · Ethel Cotton · ar

38 · White Brigand [Part 5 of 6] · Edison Marshall · sl; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

42 · Money or Your Life! · J. Edgar Hoover & Courtney Ryley Cooper · ar

44 · Family Affair · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss; illustrated by Robert O. Reid

46 · Open Season · Corey Ford & Alastair MacBain · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta

48 · The Letter · Dorothy Hunt Schofield · vi

49 · Backyard Champions · John R. Tunis · ss

50 · I’m a Cream-Puff Pioneer · Mrs. Victor Johnson & Barrett Willoughby · ar

52 · Devil Fly Away · Max Brand · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

56 · Wedding Day · Dorothy Sanburn Phillips · ss; illustrated by Mario Cooper

61 · Shall We Have a Baby? · Lawrence McCann · ss

64 · It Takes All Kinds · Albert Benjamin · cl

70 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct

72 · The Nation’s Traffic Laws · Various · ms

78 · Along the Way · Various · cl

95 · The House Detective · Roger B. Whitman · qa

114 · Our Changing World · John Dungan · cl

117 · Runaways · Various · cn; contest winners.

125 · America’s Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

144 · Security · Berton Braley · pm

148 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

158 · Whoppers · Various · ms

182 · Miracles Don’t Happen · Hugh MacNair Kahler · ss; illustrated by Albert Dorne

196 · Speed · Carl Hubbell · ed

198 · What the Readers Say · The Readers · lc

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXIV No. 1, July 1937] (25¢, quarto) []
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· The Black Envelope [Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · na; illustrated by James Schucker

· The Man Who Swam the Pacific · Tristram Tupper · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

· Carter’s Drop · John Richey Dessez · ss; illustrated by John Gannam

· Dark Blizzard · Charles W. B. Hurd · ss; illustrated by Norman Rockwell

· Be a Little Lady! · Anne Wormser · ss; illustrated by Walter Klett

· Ask Me No Questions [Part 2 of 5] · Edward Hope · sl; illustrated by Floyd Davis

· Thief in the Night · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss; illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

· Fine to Look At [Part 4 of 6] · Sophie Kerr · sl; illustrated by Mario Cooper

· Miss Champion · Florence Leighton Pfalzgraf · ss; illustrated by Carl Mueller

· Intelligent Martin · Robert Lewis Shayon · vi

· White Brigand [Part 6 of 6] · Edison Marshall · sl; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

· Independence · Hubert Kelley · pm

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXIV No. 2, August 1937] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell Publishing Company, 25¢, 160pp+, quarto, cover: [photo] by Paul Hesse) []
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11 · The Lady Had Nine Lives [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na; illustrated by Pruett Carter

16 · Recipe for Romance · Rosamond du Jardin · ss; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

20 · Let Them Laugh · Gerritt Warner · ss; illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers

24 · Modeled by Mother · Margaret Lee Runbeck · ss; illustrated by James Schucker

28 · Ask Me No Questions [Part 3 of 5] · Edward Hope · sl; illustrated by Floyd Davis

34 · Pilot Weeping · Paul O’Neil · ss; illustrated by Carl Mueller

40 · Tow Job · Kimball Herrick · vi; illustrated by Galbraith

44 · Mind Your Manners · Natalie Shipman · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta

52 · Lady in a Fury · Walter de Steiguer · ss; illustrated by Fred Ludekens

56 · Fine to Look At [Part 5 of 6] · Sophie Kerr · sl; illustrated by Mario Cooper

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXIV No. 3, September 1937] (25¢, quarto) []
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· And Both Were Young [Part 1 of 5] · Reita Lambert · sl; illustrated by Alfred Parker

· The Passionate Picket · Paul Deresco Augsburg · ss; illustrated by George Howe

· Landing Party · Paul O’Neil · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark

· Hush Money · Howard Brubaker · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

· Ask Me No Questions [Part 4 of 5] · Edward Hope · sl; illustrated by Floyd Davis

· Scattergood Studies Human Nature [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by Paul Meylan

· “Wherever You Are…” · Aurel Blair Richardson · vi

· Love Letter · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · vi

· Fine to Look At [Part 6 of 6] · Sophie Kerr · sl; illustrated by Mario Cooper

· Follow the Fruit · Agnes Christine Johnston · ss; illustrated by Ronald McLeod

· The Second Visitor [Jupiter Jones] · Timothy Fuller · nv; illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXIV No. 4, October 1937] (25¢, quarto) []
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· Zamboanga Holiday · Vic Hurley · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

· Stuart Rides Again · David Garth · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta

· Homing · Eustace L. Adams · ss; illustrated by Donald Teague

· Turn of the Tide · Bruce Hutchison · ss; illustrated by Norman Rockwell

· And Both Were Young [Part 2 of 5] · Reita Lambert · sl; illustrated by Alfred Parker

· Women Must Weep · Viola Paradise · ss; illustrated by John Falter

· Wise Man · John Janney · vi

· Three’s No Crowd · Duane Decker · ss; illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

· Fair Enough · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss; illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

· Stroke of Genius · Edwin Rutt · ss; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

· Ask Me No Questions [Part 5 of 5] · Edward Hope · sl; illustrated by Floyd Davis

· Exit Before Midnight [Carole Thorne; Miles Shenton] · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na; illustrated by Matt Clark

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXIV No. 5, November 1937] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell Publishing Company, 25¢, quarto, cover: [photo] by Paul Hesse) []
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8 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

11 · Dust Across the Range [Part 1 of 4] · Max Brand · na; illustrated by James Schucker

16 · $7,500 in Cash Awards—Announcing the American Youth Forum · Various · ms

18 · Three in the Dark · Frederick Faust · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark

22 · I Toured America in 50 Minutes · Beverly Smith · ar

24 · Two Who Belonged Apart · Brooke Hanlon · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

28 · “How Many Times Have You Been in Jail?” · J. B. Griswold · ar

30 · A Whale of a Bargain · Robert Ormond Case · ss; illustrated by John F. Clymer

32 · $1,000,000 on Ice · Jerome Beatty · ar

34 · And Both Were Young [Part 3 of 5] · Reita Lambert · sl; illustrated by Alfred Parker

38 · Man to Man · James McConnaughey · ss; illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst

42 · A Buzzard in Disguise · J. Edgar Hoover & Courtney Ryley Cooper · ar

44 · Water Bug · Sophie Kerr · vi; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

46 · Two Belles and a Bell · Frances Warfield · ss; illustrated by Irving Nurick

49 · Live-Wire Loafer · Hubert Kelley · ar

50 · Coldriver Capers [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by Paul Meylan

53 · Death Goes Downhill · Arthur Tuckerman · na; illustrated by Warren Baumgartner

61 · Wolves of the Goal Post · George Kirksey · ar

62 · It Takes All Kinds · Albert Benjamin · cl

68 · Question of the Month—Would You Like Uncle Sam to Be Your Doctor? · Various · ms

80 · Are You Good Company? · Eleanor Early · ms

84 · Along the Way · Various · cl

97 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

108 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct

126 · $100,000,000 Pinch Hitter · Henry Denton · ar

139 · Our Changing World · John Dungan · cl

168 · The House Detective · Roger B. Whitman · qa

186 · War · James S. Hart · ed

188 · What the Readers Say · The Readers · lc

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXIV No. 6, December 1937] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell Publishing Company, 25¢, 188pp+, quarto, cover: [photo] by Paul Hesse) [] (Full Text)
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4 · Along the Way · The Gentleman Near the Door · cl

11 · Fun for Life · Brooke Hanlon · ss; illustrated by Rico Tomaso

14 · Ten Paths to Fame and Fortune · Charles F. Kettering & Beverly Smith · ar

16 · Young Man’s Fancy · Libbie Block · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

20 · One Order of Toast · R. G. Kirk · vi

22 · Taking the Blinders Off Love · Jerome Beatty · ar; illustrated by Zoltan Farcas

24 · They Stand So Tall · George Owen Baxter · ss; illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers

28 · Dust Across the Range [Part 2 of 4] · Max Brand · na; illustrated by James Schucker

31 · Youth Takes the Challenge · [uncredited] · ms

32 · Soapsuds and Showmanship · Thomas Sugrue · ar

34 · Mind Over Matter · Denis Morrison · ss; illustrated by Carl Mueller

38 · And Both Were Young [Part 4 of 5] · Reita Lambert · sl; illustrated by Alfred Parker

41 · Crime’s Invisible Emperor · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ar

43 · Picture Star to Golf Bride · Viola Dana Thomson · ar

44 · Deep and Dangerous · John Randolph Phillips · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

48 · American Comrades · William Seabrook · ar; illustrated by Herbert Paus

50 · Let Freedom Swing · David Garth · ss; illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

53 · Danger Mansion · Philip Wylie · na; illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

61 · What Becomes of All-American Stars? · Joseph Thomas · ar

66 · It Takes All Kinds · Albert Benjamin · cl

80 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct

105 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

118 · Question of the Month: Do You Favor a Government Lottery? · [uncredited] · cl

120 · The House Detective · Roger B. Whitman · qa

160 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

186 · Gratitude · Edward L. Thorndike · ed

188 · What the Readers Say · The Readers · lc

The American Magazine [v125 #1, January 1938] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell Publishing Company, 25¢, quarto, cover: [photo] by Paul Hesse) []
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11 · Take Off Those Whiskers · Edith Barnard Delano · ss

14 · The World’s Greatest Engineering Wonder · Richard L. Neuberger · ar

16 · Tall Man Wanted · Libbie Block · ss

20 · Snow Train · Corey Ford & Alastair MacBain · ss

23 · Grand Rapids Boy Makes Good · Beverly Smith · bg

24 · Partners · Frederick Faust · vi

26 · Furs for Her · Jerome Beatty · ar

28 · Dust Across the Range [Part 3 of 4] · Max Brand · na

32 · The Young Spriggins [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss

34 · To My Unborn Son · Thomas Sugrue · ar

36 · Money Will Burn · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss

40 · Cloud Rider · Webb Waldron · ar

42 · Bridal · Oma L. Bishop · vi

43 · King of the Giddyaps · J. B. Griswold · ar

44 · Virginia Voyage · F. Britten Austin · ss

47 · Youth Looks Us Over · Various · cl

48 · Your Fortune in Your Eyes · Louise Bascom Barratt · ar

50 · And Both Were Young [Part 5 of 5] · Reita Lambert · sl

53 · Crime in White · Theodora Du Bois · na

61 · Giving · Lillian D. Wald · ed

62 · What’ll You Have? · Joseph Guillet · ar

66 · It Takes All Kinds · Albert Benjamin · cl

74 · Have You Imagination? · Eleanor Early · ms

81 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

96 · The House Detective · Roger B. Whitman · qa

103 · Catwalk · Bordon Chase · ss

108 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct

112 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

126 · Question of the Month: Does It Pay to Be Generous? · [uncredited] · cl

160 · Along the Way · [uncredited] · cl

162 · What the Readers Say · The Readers · lc

The American Magazine [v125 #2, February 1938] (25¢, quarto) []
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· Lisa Vale [Part 1 of 5] · Olive Higgins Prouty · sl; illustrated by John Gannam

· Quiet, Please! · Elizabeth Troy · ss; illustrated by Alfred Parker

· Storm Over Water · Harry Sylvester · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark

· Snow on the Hills · Hugh Walpole · ss; illustrated by Seymour Ball

· Rustlers’ Roost · Richard Hill Wilkinson · vi

· Dust Across the Range [Part 4 of 4] · Max Brand · na; illustrated by James Schucker

· Decision by Moonlight · Martha Hays Weymouth · ss; illustrated by Frederick Chapman

· Air Jockey · Eustace L. Adams · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

· I Got Two Sweeties · Albert Treynor · ss; illustrated by Emerton Heitland

· Passage for One [Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · na; illustrated by James Schucker

· Till the Doctor Comes · Matt Taylor · vi

The American Magazine [v125 #3, March 1938] (25¢, quarto) []
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· Too Many Cooks [Part 1 of 6; Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · sl; illustrated by Rico Tomaso

· Broadway Girl Goes Fishing · Beatrice Thorne · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

· Lisa Vale [Part 2 of 5] · Olive Higgins Prouty · sl; illustrated by John Gannam

· Imitation of Love · Evelyn Herrick van Horne · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark

· Scattergood Starts a Revolution [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by Paul Meylan

· One in Every Family · Brooke Hanlon · ss; illustrated by Carl Mueller

· Revival Meeting · Eleanor Griggs Thompson · vi; illustrated by James Schucker

· Flight · Harry Sylvester · ss; illustrated by Edwin Henry

· Good-by, Ten Thousand Bucks! · Paul Deresco Augsburg · ss; illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

· Meet the Girls · Albert Treynor & Jeff Moffitt · nv; illustrated by Floyd Davis

· A Job to Do · Kimball Herrick · ss

The American Magazine [v125 #4, April 1938] []
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· Two Can Sing · James M. Cain · na

· Gray Gull · Jay Wilson · ss

· Portrait of an Artist · Will F. Jenkins · ss

· Rich Man’s Ride · Fannie Kilbourne · ss

· Too Many Cooks [Part 2 of 6; Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · sl

· Big Fella · Richard Connell · ss

· Lisa Vale [Part 3 of 5] · Olive Higgins Prouty · sl

· Blank Interlude · H. Thompson Rich · vi

· Drive Slowly in Eden · Maxine McBride · ss

· Love Me, Love My Horse · Frank Mitchell Dazey · ss

· Off Stage · Herbert Dalmas · ss

· Dunce Cap · Edward J. Kyne · vi

· So You Want to Get Married? · Ernest R. Groves · ar

· King Cotton Himself · Beverly Smith · ar

· Let’s Reward Safe Drivers · Earnest Elmo Calkins · ar

· Jasper Goes to Town · Webb Waldron · ar

· Youth Finds Its Feet · [uncredited] · ar

· My Husband Is a Detective · [uncredited] · ar

· Leadership · Virginia C. Gildersleeve · ed

· Where Giants Sleep · Thomas Sugrue · ss

· Cause for Divorce · Jay Irving · ct

· It Takes All Kinds · Albert Benjamin · cl

· Will Your Children Avoid Your Mistakes? · [uncredited] · ms

· Do You Know Your $10 Words? · [uncredited] · ms

· How to Buy Intelligently · [uncredited] · ms

· Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

· The House Detective · Roger B. Whitman · qa

· It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct

· Your Best Friend Wouldn’t Treat You Like That · John S. Phillips · ss

· Along the Way · [uncredited] · cl

The American Magazine [v125 #5, May 1938] (25¢, quarto) []
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· What Price Story! · Max Brand · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark

· Mr. Burton Is Busy · Devery Freeman · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

· Winner Takes Two · Ron Broom · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

· The Plumber in the Parlor · Elizabeth Troy · ss; illustrated by Edwin Henry

· Jane and June of Arc [Tink] · Howard Brubaker · ss; illustrated by Carl Mueller

· Too Many Cooks [Part 3 of 6; Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · sl; illustrated by Rico Tomaso

· Lisa Vale [Part 4 of 5] · Olive Higgins Prouty · sl; illustrated by John Gannam

· Brand-New Woman · Doug Welch · ss; illustrated by Floyd Davis

· One Road Will Be Rough · Lenora Mattingly Weber · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark

· Where Is Ann? · Corey Ford · nv; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

The American Magazine [v125 #6, June 1938] (25¢, quarto) []
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· Heaven to Earth · Blaine & Jean Dupont · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

· Dear Victory · Josephine Bentham · ss; illustrated by Edwin Henry

· Pawn Takes Bishop · Gayle W. Maile · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

· Ring on Her Finger · Charles H. Hoffman · ss; illustrated by Carl Mueller

· Lisa Vale [Part 5 of 5] · Olive Higgins Prouty · sl; illustrated by John Gannam

· Handsome Stranger · Agnes Sligh Turnbull · ss; illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

· Too Many Cooks [Part 4 of 6; Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · sl; illustrated by Rico Tomaso

· Girls Without Gold [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by Paul Meylan

· Ladies Go Last · R. G. Kirk · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

· Hearts on the Mend · Louise Skene · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta

· Write Your Own Ticket! · David Garth · nv; illustrated by Alfred Parker

The American Magazine [v126 #1, July 1938] (25¢, quarto) [] (Full Text)
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11 · For Beauty’s Sake [Part 1 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Alfred Parker

18 · Star Bright [Part 3 of 3] · Charles Bonner · sl; illustrated by Tom Lovell

24 · Robin Hill · Phyllis Duganne · ss; illustrated by Norman Rockwell

28 · Cheerio! · Margaret Craven · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

34 · Too Many Cooks [Part 5 of 6; Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · sl; illustrated by Rico Tomaso

38 · Buzz Meets a Mammoth · Beverly Smith · ss; illustrated by George Howe

44 · Thanks for the Accident · Janet Adams · ss; illustrated by John Gannam

48 · To Meet My Wife · Ruth Burr Sanborn · ss; illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

53 · Storm on the Island · Steve Fisher · na; illustrated by Matt Clark

120 · She Always Said No · David William Moore · ss; illustrated by Mario Cooper

The American Magazine [v126 #2, August 1938] (25¢, quarto) []
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· Matchmakers’ Holiday · Ruth Burr Sanborn · ss; illustrated by Edwin Henry

· Prisoner’s Base · Rebecca Stevenson · ss; illustrated by James Schucker

· Heavy Static · Jonathan Eldridge · ss; illustrated by Norman Rockwell

· For Beauty’s Sake [Part 2 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Alfred Parker

· Small Though They Be · Earl Reed Silvers · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark

· Too Many Cooks [Part 6 of 6; Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · sl; illustrated by Rico Tomaso

· A Little Praise, Please! · Libbie Block · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

· Boss of the Roaring · Robert E. Pinkerton · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

· Marry in Haste · Edward Hope · nv; illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

The American Magazine [v126 #3, September 1938] (25¢, 158pp, quarto) [] (Full Text)
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9 · Firebrand [Part 1 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl

16 · If You Want Me · Natalie Shipman · ss

22 · Remember the Night · Rita Weiman · ss

28 · The Jilting · Lenora Mattingly Weber · ss

32 · Let’s Celebrate · Gladys Taber · ss

36 · For Beauty’s Sake [Part 3 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl

42 · They Walked Behind Him · Borden Chase · ss

46 · All of My Life · Dale Eunson · ss

51 · Dancing Co-Ed · Albert Treynor · na

The American Magazine [v126 #4, October 1938] (25¢, quarto) []
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· Bermuda Grapevine · Mignon G. Eberhart · na

· Firebrand [Part 2 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl

· For Beauty’s Sake [Part 4 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl

The American Magazine [v126 #5, November 1938] (25¢, quarto) []
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· The Pursuer · Corey Ford · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta

· Payday · Clyde Brion Davis · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

· Monkey Business · Edward R. Sammis · vi; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

· Saturday Hero · Herbert Dalmas · ss; illustrated by John R. Holmgren

· Firebrand [Part 3 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl; illustrated by Dean Cornwell

· The Conqueror · Edith Barnard Delano · ss; illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

· Gay Lady · Barbara Burns · vi

· For Beauty’s Sake [Part 5 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Alfred Parker

· Dancing Filly · Odgers T. Gurnee · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

· Swords at Weehawken · Leonard Falkner · ss; illustrated by Norman Rockwell

· The Falcon Strikes [The Falcon] · Drexel Drake · na; illustrated by Tom Lovell

The American Magazine [v126 #6, December 1938] (25¢, quarto, cover by Victor Keppler) []
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· The Red Bull [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; illustrated by Ronald McLeod; later published in an expanded form as Some Buried Caesar (Farrar, Sraus, Giroux 1939)

· Firebrand [Part 4 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl; illustrated by Dean Cornwell

· For Beauty’s Sake [Part 6 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Alfred Parker

· Hail and Farewell · Williston Rich · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

· “You Need a Man!” · John Reid Byers · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

· Queer Quarter · Frances Warfield · vi; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

· Woman Trouble · Eleanor Arnett Nash · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta

· Staying Over · Paul Ernst · vi

· Time Stood Still · J. G. E. Hopkins · ss; illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

· Sky Rider · Jim Crang & Winston Norman · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark

· Forever Yours · Earl Reed Silvers · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

· Family Doctor · Joseph Ambrose Jerger, M.D. · ar

· Mystery of the Billions · Beverly Smith · ar

· Fill ’er Up? · George F. Homan & William A. H. Birnie · ar

· The American Youth Forum · Various · ar

· The Making of a Politician · James A. Farley · ar

· Scattergood in Real Life · Paul T. Sturges · ar

· Mother of Crime · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ar; about Mrs. Lucy “Ma” Beland.

· The Face Is Familiar · Eloise Sterling · ar

· Sharing - Editorial · Norman H. Davis · ar

· It Takes All Kinds · Albert Benjamin · cl

· It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct

The American Magazine [v127 #1, January 1939] (25¢, quarto) []
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· Some Women Are Devils [Part 1 of ?] · Margaret Lee Runbeck · sl; illustrated by Pruett Carter

· Hard Man · Harold Titus · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

· No Welcome Stranger · Ron Broom · ss; illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

· Day After Christmas · Brooke Hanlon · ss; illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

· Scandal in the School · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by George Howe

· Firebrand [Part 5 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl; illustrated by Dean Cornwell

· Secret Laughter · Kathleen Norris · ss; illustrated by John Gannam

· Mock Hero · Ann Morse · ss; illustrated by Edwin Henry

· The Give-Away · William A. H. Birnie · ss

· Reno Rendezvous · Leslie Ford · na; illustrated by Donald Teague

· From the Shadow of the Swastika · Heinz Liepman · ss

The American Magazine [v127 #2, February 1939] (25¢, quarto) []
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· Young Lady Luck · Jim Crang & Winston Norman · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

· Tennis Bum · H. Vernor Dixon · ss; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

· Love Budget · Isabel Moore · ss; illustrated by Albert Dorne

· Exit Laughing · Sarah Elizabeth Rodger · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

· Some Women Are Devils [Part 2 of ?] · Margaret Lee Runbeck · sl; illustrated by Pruett Carter

· This Is Where She Sleeps · Richard Sherman · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

· Firebrand [Part 6 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl; illustrated by Dean Cornwell

· Second Season · Paul O’Neil · ss

· The Night Before · Arthur Tuckerman · ss; illustrated by John Gannam

· Salute! · Borden Chase · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark

· Express to Danger [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · na; illustrated by Frederick Chapman

· Cause for Divorce · Jay Irving · ct

· How I Became a Hell-Diver · John Charles Thomas · ar

The American Magazine [v127 #3, March 1939] (25¢, quarto) []
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· Lover Come Back [Part 1 of 6] · Barrett Willoughby · sl; illustrated by Matt Clark

· Man Bait · Alice Maxwell · ss; illustrated by Alfred Parker

· While the General Slept · James Warner Bellah · ss; illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

· First Performance · Matt Taylor · ss; illustrated by Dean Cornwell

· A Kiss for Casanova · Anne Wormser · ss; illustrated by John Gannam

· Some Women Are Devils [Part 3 of ?] · Margaret Lee Runbeck · sl; illustrated by Pruett Carter

· Scattergood and the Scamp [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by George Howe

· Smart Money · William A. H. Birnie · ss

· The Captains Bride · H. Vernor Dixon · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

· Double Dare · Devery Freeman · ss; illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

· Second Chance · Rosamond du Jardin · ss; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

The American Magazine [v127 #4, April 1939] (25¢, quarto) []
Details taken from eBay listing.

· Mystery of the Wander Bird [Asey Mayo] · Phoebe Atwood Taylor · na

· Broken Voyage [Part 1 of 6] · Faith Baldwin · sl

· Lover Come Back [Part 2 of 6] · Barrett Willoughby · sl

· Spring Shuffle · Dwight Wendell Koppes · ss

· Give Me a Boy · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss

· Toughie · Gordon Rand · ss

· Heavy Date · Marion Valensi · ss

· The Katydid’s Master · R. G. Kirk · ss

· Blue Eyed Boy · Baird Hall · ss

· Lady at Sea · Sidney Herschel Small · ss

· The Inner Circle · Westmoreland Gray · ss

· What’s the Matter with Linbergh? · Russell Owen · ar

· Europe in a Day · Beverly Smith · ar

· How to Torture Babies · Henry Anton Steig · ss

· He Pulled the Arabs Teeth · Jerome Beatty · ar

· A Dream That Came True · Frank J. Taylor · ss

· Yearling of Wall Street · Earl Sparling · ar

· Please Take This Money · McCellan Patten · ss

· Food · Paul S. Willis · ar

· Shaping Tomorrow’s Citizens · John Dungan · ar

The American Magazine [v127 #5, May 1939] (25¢, quarto) []
Details taken from eBay listing.

· The Green Free Hills · Thelma Strabel · ss

· Broken Voyage [Part 2 of 6] · Faith Baldwin · sl

· Lover Come Back [Part 3 of 6] · Barrett Willoughby · sl

· Blonde Savage · Roy Chapman Andrews · ss

The American Magazine [v127 #6, June 1939] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell Publishing Company, 25¢, 180pp+, quarto, cover by Victor Keppler) []
Details supplied by Kyle McAbee.

11 · Always Tell a Lady · Stewart Beach · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta

14 · America’s Colleges of Crime · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ar; illustrated by Harold Talburt; on county jails.

16 · Blessed Idiot · Vivien R. Bretherton · ss; illustrated by Alfred Parker

20 · If I Were 21 · William S. Knudsen & Beverly Smith · ar; the president of General Motors advises young men.

22 · Never Mind the Wings · Joseph Laurance Marx · ss; illustrated by Donald Teague

26 · Women Are Easy Marks · Margaret Fishback · ar; illustrated by William Steig; “Little Girl” Fashions.

28 · The Mountain Goat · William Du Bois · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

32 · Broken Voyage [Part 3 of 6] · Faith Baldwin · sl; illustrated by John Gannam

36 · Baseball’s Precocious Baby · Ted Shane · ar; on softball.

38 · Rolling Stones · Doug Welch · ss; illustrated by Carl Mueller

42 · Lover Come Back [Part 4 of 6] · Barrett Willoughby · sl; illustrated by Matt Clark

46 · Three Youngsters Who Run a State · John Janney · ar; Minnesota’s Harold E. Stassen, C. Elmer Anderson, and Lawrence Hall.

48 · 5 Were Empty · William Edward Hayes · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

52 · Hell and High Water · James Street · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

54 · Break-Up · Wilton Matthews · vi

55 · Nile Mother · Jerome Beatty · ar; illustrated by Mac Shepard; Lillian Trasher ran a charity to support the poor in Asyut, Egypt.

57 · Dark Revenge · Rex Stout · n. Farrar & Rinehart, 1939, as “Mountain Cat”; illustrated by Harold von Schmidt; abridged

66 · [cartoon] · Chon Day · ct

75 · Cause for Divorce · William Steig · ct

78 · Have You Ever Met Him? · Arthur Guiterman · pm

101 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

164 · The Sign · Baron Ireland · pm

178 · The American Way · Howard Brubaker · ed

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXVIII No. 1, July 1939] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell Publishing Co., 25¢, 168pp, quarto, cover by Paul Hesse) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

11 · Change Partners · Libbie Block · ss

14 · New Bait for Suckers · S. F. Porter · ar

16 · Honor Thy Father · Bruce Hutchison · ss

20 · Great White Chief of the Congo · Jerome Beatty · ar

22 · The Huntress · Anne Wormser · ss

26 · Living in a Spotlight · Donald E. Keyhoe · ar

28 · The Country Is So Quiet! · Newlin B. Wildes · ss

32 · Lover Come Back [Part 5 of 6] · Barrett Willoughby · sl

37 · Your Chances to Win— · P. Hal Sims · ar

38 · Broken Voyage [Part 4 of 6] · Faith Baldwin · sl

43 · Will Your Baby Be Like You? · Arthur Bartlett · ar

44 · Tearoom for Two · Kimball Herrick · ss

48 · Second Holiday · Richard Sherman · ss

50 · Business Luncheon · Roy Lopez · vi

51 · When a Fellow Needs a Lawyer · William A. H. Birnie · ar

52 · Romance in Reverse · Charles H. Hoffman · ss

57 · Visitor in the Night [Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · na

64 · Shoe-Box Annie · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ar

114 · Here Comes the King · Timothy Fuller · vi

168 · We Little Guys · Borden Chase · ar

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXVIII No. 2, August 1939] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 158pp, quarto, cover by Anton Bruehl) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

9 · They Learned About Love · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss

12 · Shall We Send Our Youth to War? · Herbert Hoover · ar

14 · Innocent Bystander · Charles Bonner · ss

18 · Good-by, Boss! · Beverly Smith · ar

20 · You Can’t Have a Heart · Borden Chase · ss

24 · Barnum of Borneo · Jerome Beatty · ar

26 · American Youth Forum Art Awards · [uncredited] · ar

28 · The Dividing Line [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss

30 · Lover Come Back [Part 6 of 6] · Barrett Willoughby · sl

32 · Sucker Trick · Frank Richardson Pierce · vi

34 · One Was Enough · H. Vernor Dixon · ss

38 · Fishes Can’t Even Read or Write · Donald Hough · hu

40 · Broken Voyage [Part 5 of 6] · Faith Baldwin · sl

44 · Big Red · Ted Shane · ar

46 · Boy Grows Up · John Reid Byers · ss

50 · Hero Comes Home · Jacland Marmur · ss

53 · A Man Without a Worry · William A. H. Birnie · ar

55 · Don’t Tell the Police · Edward Hope · na

64 · Listen—You Amateur Parents · Marjorie W. Ross · ar

158 · Why Stuff Your Ears? · Donald Culross Peattie · ar

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXVIII No. 3, September 1939] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 160pp, quarto, cover by Ashwin-Selwyn) []
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11 · Golden Lady [Part 1 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl

16 · Why Can’t We Live Forever? · Waldemar Kaempffert · ar

18 · Song of a Man · Hal Borland · ss

22 · Offstage Kiss · Stewart Beach · ss

26 · American Youth Forum Article Awards · [uncredited] · ar

28 · Command! · Blaine & Jean Dupont Miller · ss

32 · You’ve Got to Go After It · Tom Gill · ar

34 · The Man Who Forgot · Richard Hoffmann · vi

36 · Let Me Be Free · Marian Sims · ss

40 · Bob and Martha Take the Stump · Beverly Smith · ar

42 · Broken Voyage [Part 6 of 6] · Faith Baldwin · sl

44 · Hunted Man · Devery Freeman · vi

45 · Are Mothers Necessary? · A Father · ar

46 · Making Pilots Out of Bookkeepers · Gordon Gaskill · ar

48 · Labor of Love · Vereen Bell · ss

52 · Inquire of the Sea · H. Vernor Dixon · ss

57 · Over My Dead Body [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na

64 · Smart Girls Don’t · Louise Gardiner · ar

160 · God Bless the Jitterbug · Paul Whiteman · ar

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXVIII No. 4, October 1939] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 166pp, quarto, cover by photo) []
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9 · Gentleman of the Jungle [Part 1 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl; illustrated by Donald Teague

14 · The Spies Are Laughing · Donald E. Keyhoe & John Jay Daly · ar

16 · Nomad · Allan Swinton · ss; illustrated by Dean Cornwell

20 · Out of Wedlock · Holman Harvey · ar

22 · Liberty Belle · Alwyn W. Knight · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

27 · What I Owe America and What America Owes Me · Hilda Scott · ar; age 16, the winner of the American Youth Forum $1000.00 article award.

28 · Theme Song · Horatio Winslow · vi; illustrated by Robert Gellert

30 · Golden Lady [Part 2 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Alfred Parker

34 · Conquering the Great Scourge Pneumonia · John Janney · ar

36 · Party for Phyllis · Louise D. Rich · ss; illustrated by Joe Whitcomb

39 · Air Meet · William A. H. Birnie · vi

40 · Wings of Gold · B. T. Guylon, USNR · ar; a navy flier.

42 · The First Fourth · Richard Powell · ss; illustrated by Norman Rockwell

44 · Easy Picking? · Stanley Frank · ar

44 · Practically Autumn · Ogden Nash · pm

46 · Society Singer · William Fay · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta

51 · Death Is a Gamble · George Harmon Coxe · na; illustrated by Matt Clark

58 · I Live a Dozen Lives · Sherwood Anderson · ar

128 · How Thin Is Your Skin? · Thomas B. Costain · ar

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXVIII No. 5, November 1939] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 174pp, quarto, cover by Ashman-Selwyn) []
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11 · Night Without Music · Sarah Elizabeth Rodger · ss

15 · Slap Happy · William R. Cox · ss

16 · Kingfish the Second · Don Eddy · ar

22 · 321 New Youth Awards · [uncredited] · ar

24 · A Perfect Jewel · C. D. Frazer · ss

28 · The Shadow of Anti-Semitism · [uncredited] · ar

30 · Gentleman of the Jungle [Part 2 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl

34 · Stars Over Hollywood · Frank J. Taylor · ar

36 · Flash! · Richard Connell · vi

38 · Golden Lady [Part 3 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl

42 · The Waco Wacko · Ted Shane · ar

44 · Poodle on a Leash · H. Vernor Dixon · ss

48 · Love Comes to Old Mom · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss

51 · A Fortune for a Bug · Jerome Beatty · ar

53 · Calamity Cay · Eustace L. Adams · na

60 · The Odyssey · Munro Leaf · hu

94 · How Much Can I Make? · Dr. Harold F. Clark · ar

100 · Home at Six · Janet Deitrick · vi

120 · Good Samaritans of the Highway · Gordon Gaskill · ar

172 · One Dollar and a Prayer · Ollie Stewart · ar

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXVIII No. 6, December 1939] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 164pp, quarto, cover by Paul D’Ome) []
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6 · Along the Way · [uncredited] · cl

11 · Blonde on a Boat · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · ss; illustrated by Mario Cooper

16 · If War Comes—Uncle Sam’s Plans for You · Donald E. Keyhoe · ar

18 · Goal to Go · Hugh Pentecost · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta

22 · Too Much Kissing? · Ernest R. Groves; as told to Jerome Beatty · ar

24 · From This Day Forward · Charles Hoffman · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

28 · That Kickoff Feeling · Emmett Wood · ar

30 · Gentleman of the Jungle [Part 3 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl; illustrated by Donald Teague

34 · Where There’s Smoke… · Joseph Harrington · ss; illustrated by Carl Muller

36 · Time Out · Sam X. Abarbanel · vi

37 · A New Way to Get a Job · William A. H. Birnie · ar

38 · Golden Lady [Part 4 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Alfred Parker

42 · Thanks to Brother Gus… · Beverly Smith · ar

44 · Revolt at Sunset · Arthur Tuckerman · ss; illustrated by Harvey Dunn

48 · Dime-a-Dance Girl · D. D. Beauchamp · ss; illustrated by Alfred Parker

51 · The American Youth Forum · Frances V. Rummell · ar

53 · Concerto · Borden Chase · na; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

116 · Showing Uncle Sam the Way · Jo Chamberlin · ar

127 · Romeo and Juliet · Munro Leaf · hu; illustrated by Peter Arno

166 · One Sure Thing · Bruce Barton · ar

The American Magazine [v129 #1, January 1940] (25¢, quarto) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

11 · The Snob · Nelia Gardner White · ss

16 · Christmas, 1776 · Beverly Smith · ss

22 · A Kiss for Santa Claus · Jim Crang & Winston Norman · ss

28 · Killer · R. H. Newman · ss

30 · Gentleman of the Jungle [Part 4 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl

38 · Golden Lady [Part 5 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl

44 · Spinner · Joseph Marshall · ss

48 · Aria to Sunset · Noel Pierce · ss

50 · Aged in Stone · Lucien Agniel · vi

53 · Another Man’s Poison [Rona Heath; Oliver Lord] · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na

The American Magazine [v129 #2, February 1940] (25¢, quarto) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

9 · Tonight Is Mine [Part 1 of 3] · Hamlen Hunt · sl

16 · Let Me Alone · Libby Block · ss

24 · Preface to Love · Phyllis Moore Gallagher · ss

28 · Gentleman of the Jungle [Part 5 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl

34 · Golden Lady [Part 6 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl

36 · Four Bits · Forrest Kleinman · vi

38 · Come About! · Eustace L. Adams · ss

42 · Sound of a Gong · Robert Hyde · ss

45 · No Scarlet Woman · Thelma Strabel · na

51 · Home for Lunch · Eric Purdon · vi

54 · District Office 22 · Gladys Taber · ss

The American Magazine [v129 #3, March 1940] (25¢, quarto) []
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11 · The Handsome One · Winston Norman · ss

16 · Double for Trouble · B. B. Fowler · ss

22 · Call of the Siren · Leonard L. Leonard · ss

28 · Tonight Is Mine [Part 2 of 3] · Hamlen Hunt · sl

32 · Touch Me Not · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss

36 · Gentleman of the Jungle [Part 6 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl

39 · Little Blue Book · James R. Webb · vi

40 · To the Victor… · Margaret Culkin Banning · ss

47 · Death Came Dancing · Kathleen Moore Knight · na

52 · Traintime · James H. C. Simons · vi

56 · Man of Pride · Laetitia McDonald · ss

The American Magazine [v129 #4, April 1940] (25¢, quarto) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

11 · Quicksand [Part 1 of 6] · Noel Pierce · sl

18 · Edge of Dark · Harry Sylvester · ss; illustrated by Harvey Dunn

22 · Mail and Female · Paul Deresco Augsburg · ss; illustrated by Earl Cordrey

28 · Tournament · J. Paul Loomis · ss; illustrated by John Gannam

34 · Tonight Is Mine [Part 3 of 3] · Hamlen Hunt · sl; illustrated by Dean Cornwell

40 · Bali Love Song · H. Vernor Dixon · ss; illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias

44 · Dream of a Girl · Clara Wallace Overton · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

47 · Into Thin Air · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na; illustrated by Mario Cooper

52 · Flower Pot · C. S. Montanye · vi

56 · Merry-Go-Round · Brooke Hanlon · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

· April Is a State of Mind · Helen Turner Mitchel · pm

The American Magazine [v129 #5, May 1940] (25¢, quarto) []
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11 · Fools Rush In [Part 1 of 4] · Eustace L. Adams · sl; illustrated by Donald Teague
probably not the same as the story of the same name in the February 22, 1930 issue of Argosy.

18 · Escape Postponed · Laura M. Loudon · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

24 · Scattergood and the Spiteful Man [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by George Howe

28 · All Is Fair · John Hawkins · ss; illustrated by Earl Cordrey

34 · Quicksand [Part 2 of 6] · Noel Pierce · sl

40 · Half-Pint Kid · Borden Chase · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark

46 · Gay Laughter · Newlin B. Wildes · ss; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

50 · Proud Possessor · James Street · ss; illustrated by Norman Rockwell

52 · Cold Deck · Devery Freeman · vi

53 · Sisters in Trouble · Rex Stout · n. Farrar & Rinehart, 1940, as “Where There’s a Will”; abridged.

· Don Quixote · Munro Leaf · hu; illustrated by Peter Arno [Ref. Miguel de Cervantes]

· To the Children · Robert Nathan · pm

The American Magazine [v129 #6, June 1940] (25¢, quarto) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

11 · Strangers in Love · Viña Delmar · na

18 · The Cub with a Style · Donald Hough · ss

24 · Whip Hand · Ida M. Evans · ss

30 · Behind the Door · Stewart Beach · ss

34 · Fools Rush In [Part 2 of 4] · Eustace L. Adams · sl
probably not the same as the story of the same name in the February 22, 1930 issue of Argosy.

40 · Quicksand [Part 3 of 6] · Noel Pierce · sl

42 · One Life to Live · Thomas Walsh · ss

48 · I Said to the Bartender · Charles Hoffman · ss

52 · Handy Man · Leon Ware · ss

56 · The Lost Land · George H. Freitag · vi

58 · Well Done · D. Wilson MacArthur · ss

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXX No. 1, July 1940] (25¢, quarto) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

11 · The Siren Smiled [Part 1 of 5] · H. Vernor Dixon · sl

18 · Mass Flight · Blaine & Dupont Miller · ss

20 · Flashing Star · Alberta Hughes Wahl · ss

26 · Summer Bachelor · Charles Hoffman · ss

30 · Wife by the Day · Baird Hall · ss

36 · Fools Rush In [Part 3 of 4] · Eustace L. Adams · sl
probably not the same as the story of the same name in the February 22, 1930 issue of Argosy.

40 · The Gold Brick [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss

42 · Guilt · Allan Vaughan Elston · vi

49 · The Calm Before · Mildred Cram · na

54 · Quicksand [Part 4 of 6] · Noel Pierce · sl

60 · The Trap · Richard O. Lewis · vi

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXX No. 2, August 1940] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 164pp, quarto) []
Details supplied by Saskia van de Kruisweg.

4 · My Poise · Rowena Autry · pm

8 · Go Slow · Beryl Henry · pm

11 · Danger Zone · Blaine & Dupont Miller · ss; illustrated by John Gannam

14 · Something to Remember · Herbert Ravenel Sass · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

18 · Enemies Within Our Gates · J. Edgar Hoover · ar

20 · Double Fault · Don Tracy · ss; illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

24 · American Youth Forum Art Awards · [uncredited] · ms

27 · I Kept My Baby · [uncredited] · ms

28 · Herald Angel · Beverly Smith · ar

30 · The Siren Smiled [Part 2 of 5] · H. Vernor Dixon · sl; illustrated by Matt Clark

34 · Is Our Neck Out? · Anthony J. Diamond · ar

35 · Fly for Your Life · Will F. & Betty Jenkins · vi

36 · Inferno · Westmoreland Gray · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

38 · Brave Venture · Anne Darkwood · vi; illustrated by Bobri

39 · Homes for a Song · John Janney · ar

40 · Rehearsal for Death · Donald E. Keyhoe · ar; illustrated by Warren Baumgartner

42 · The Lady Forgot · Stewart Beach · ss; illustrated by Fred Ludekens

46 · Fools Rush In [Part 4 of 4] · Eustace L. Adams · sl; illustrated by Donald Teague
probably not the same as the story of the same name in the February 22, 1930 issue of Argosy.

48 · Giants in the Garden · Mona Gardner · ar

49 · Dark Corridor · Constance & Gwenyth Little · na; illustrated by Alfred Parker

54 · Quicksand [Part 5 of 6] · Noel Pierce · sl

56 · Dot on the Map · Borden Chase · vi

57 · Confessions in Bed · Richard H. Hollaman, M.D. · ar; illustrated by Decker

58 · Uncle Sam’s Heaven · Gordon Gaskill · ar

129 · The Count of Monte Cristo · Munro Leaf · hu; illustrated by Peter Arno

164 · Mystery · Rex Stout · ed

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