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The American Magazine [v159 #4, April 1955] (35¢, quarto, cover by Arthur Sarnoff) []
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· ARTICLES:

· By the Way - Obey or Pay— · The Editor · ar

· Are You Getting Your Share of Social Security? · Oveta Culp Hobby · ar

· Mr. Speaker—The Dynamo of Capital Hill · Edward Boyd · ar; about Sam Rayburn.

· Things I Wish My Parents Wouldn’t Do · Chris Cominel · ar

· I Walked Along the Street of Freedom · Roul Tunley · ar

· Can You Invent a Better Shoe? · H. J. Rand · ar

· My Best Pal Is a Bird · Mitchell D. Follansbee, Jr. · ar; about a budgie.

· Moisture in Your Home? · Roger C. Whitman · ar

· Columbus Landed Here! · Jack Long · ar

· NOVELS:

· The Dangerous Age · Mabel Brown Farwell · n.; illustrated by Tom Lovell

· A Bullet for the Purser · John Rhodes Sturdy · na; illustrated by James Bingham

· STORIES:

· To Know, to Love · Lucille A. Rice · vi; illustrated by Don Neiser

· The Girl in the Guest Room · Andrina Iverson · ss; illustrated by Morgan Kane

· Blonde with the Sea-Green Eyes · W. H. Prosser · ss; illustrated by Paul Burns

· Fortress of Fear · Hugh B. Cave · ss; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea

· Bitter Sunday · Peggy Simson Curry · vi

The American Magazine [v159 #5, May 1955] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier, 35¢, 136pp+, quarto, cover by John Parker) []
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4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · The Readers · lc

7 · The Most Interesting Person I Ever Met · Josephine Pope · ar

8 · By the Way · The Editor · ed

8 · My Unknown Soldier · Ollie Stewart · ar

10 · Willie’s Way · James Robert · vi

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

12 · The Open Door · The Readers · cl

14 · Movies of the Month · E. K. Zittell · mr

16 · Funny Side of the Street · Arthur Lansing · hu

17 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl

19 · What Federal Handouts Are Costing You · Sen. Harry F. Byrd · ar

20 · A Gift for Ginny · Mona Williams · ss

22 · Let’s All Go Fishing · Vance Packard · ar; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

24 · The Song Caruso Sang · Patrick McCallum · ss

26 · Animals Do the Strangest Things · Charles W. Friedrichs · ar

28 · Mambo Mama · Robert Fontaine · ss; illustrated by Richard Hook

30 · A Day in May · Jeanne & Jack Bender · vi

32 · Vacation on the Rooftop of America · Don Eddy · ar

34 · Calling All Women! · Robert Crandall · bg [Ref. Helen Chapman]

36 · The Heart’s Risk · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illustrated by Al Muenchen

38 · My 46 Dancing Daughters · Russell Markert · ar; about The Rockettes.

42 · Convention Weekend · Ware Torrey Budlong · nv; illustrated by Walter Skor

47 · America’s Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Cmdr. Gene Wilkinson, Betty Skelton, Tom Golden, Charles L. “Charlie” Watkins, O. B. Bergquist, Lois Dilks, Edith Craigie, Ruth Emery, Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch, Rolley E. Wyer, Jr. & Bob Kellner]

59 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct

61 · Metal You Can Work Like Wood · Lloyd Stouffer · ar

64 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence Galton · cl

66 · Help for Your House · Gus Rogers · cl

68 · Build Your Own Lawn Furniture · [uncredited] · ms

70 · Can You Juggle Letters? · Ben L. O’Dell · qz

72 · All in the Family · Jeffrey Monahan · ct

98 · Globe-Trotting Trudy · Mary Gibson · ct

121 · The Last Witness [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; illustrated by Thornton Utz; later published as “The Next Witness”.

The American Magazine [v159 #6, June 1955] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 35¢, 136pp+, quarto, cover by J. Frederick Smith) []
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4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desk · The Readers · lc

6 · By the Way: Have You Looked at Your Flag Lately? · The Editor · ed

7 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl

8 · Movies of the Month · E. K. Zittell · cl

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

12 · The Open Door · The Readers · cl

15 · If I Were 21 · Herbert J. Taylor · ar

16 · No Holds Barred · John Wallace · ss; illustrated by Charles Binger

18 · More and Better Doctors for Your Town · Jerome Beatty · ar

20 · Nancy Says No · Edwin T. Connell · vi; illustrated by Lynn Buckham

22 · Best Man · Val Teal · ss; illustrated by Thornton Utz

24 · The Mighty Musketeers of the Movies · Clarence Woodbury · bg [Ref. Charles, George & Spyros Skouras]

28 · Big, Beautiful Doll · Paul Gallico · ss; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea

30 · What Your Letters Reveal About You · J. Harold Janis · ar

32 · Seven Crosses of Silence · Stewart Toland · ss; illustrated by John Clymer

36 · The Bravest Man I Ever Knew · Roy Chapman Andrews · bg [Ref. J. McKenzie Young]

38 · Cape Cod Calling! · Jack Long · ar

42 · Devil’s Bride · Alec Rackowe · nv; illustrated by Morgan Kane

47 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · bg

61 · “My Husband Can Do Anything” · Walter Weir · ar

63 · Help for Your House · Gus Rogers · cl

65 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence Galton · cl

67 · Picnic Time Is Here Again! · [uncredited] · ms

72 · Work Your Way Around the Block · Lillian M. Jenson · pz

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

80 · Private Punky · Norman Hoifjeld · ct

97 · Globe-Trotting Trudy · Mary Gibson · ct

98 · I’ve Got a Yen for Japan · Miriam Troop · ar

106 · Funny Side of the Street · Arthur Lansing · cl

119 · The Murder Mask [Howie Rook] · Stuart Palmer · na; illustrated by James Meese

The American Magazine [v160 #1, July 1955] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 136pp+, quarto, cover by Arthur Sarnoff) []
Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky.

4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · The Readers · lt

6 · By the Way: “As Young as Your Hope” · The Editor · ed

7 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl

8 · Sunday Punch · Richard H. Keir · vi; illustrated by Tracy Sugarman

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

10 · Movies of the Month · E. K. Zittell · mr

12 · The Open Door · [uncredited] · cl

13 · Funny Side of the Street · Arthur Lansing · hu

15 · I’m Glad I Came to Washington · Douglas McKay · ar

18 · Paleface Cutie · Walter Kaylin · ss; illustrated by John Walter

20 · Your Wife—A Help or a Hindrance? · James F. Bender, Ph.D. · ar

22 · Night of Terror · Esther Locke · ar

24 · Party Girl · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss; illustrated by Mike Ludlow

26 · Confessions of a Southpaw · George Gobel · ar

28 · The Enemy at Home · John A. Leland · ss; illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

32 · A Dream So Real · Phyllis Lee Peterson · ss; illustrated by Peter Stevens

34 · Why Not Start a Family Corporation · Clarence Woodbury · ar

36 · Night Watch · Gordon Gaskill · vi; illustrated by John McClelland

38 · Our Five-Year Honeymoon · Russ Rosene · ar

42 · Second Choice · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · nv; illustrated by Bob Peak

47 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Beatrice Atchinson, Walter L. DuPont, Patricia Ludeman, John M. Zimmerle, Mary O’Connor, Joe Bauman, Arthur St. Clair Davis, Ruby Warren, Ralph Cunningham, Thomas McGuire & Junebug Clark]

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

60 · [cartoon] · Don Tobin · ct

61 · Smarten Up Your Home This Summer · Roger C. Whitman · ar

63 · Help for Your House · Gus Rogers · cl

66 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence Galton · cl

67 · Carport… or Enclosed Porch · [uncredited] · ms

69 · [cartoon] · Gustav Lundberg · ct

72 · Are You a Word Detective? · Ben L. O’Dell · pz

74 · [cartoon] · Bo Brown · ct

76 · Why? · Roy L. Fox · ct

84 · [cartoon] · Peter Wyma · ct

92 · [cartoon] · Bernard Swart · ct

96 · [cartoon] · Harry Mace · ct

98 · Jamaica · Jack Long · ar

104 · Chicken a la Kansas · Don Eddy · ar

110 · [cartoon] · Stan Hunt · ct

112 · Misfit Financée · Edward Shenton · ss; illustrated by Euclid Shook

114 · Globe-Trotting Trudy · Mary Gibson · ct

116 · Private Punky · Norman Hoifjeld · ct

119 · [cartoon] · Ned Hilton · ct

121 · Murder Preferred · Hugh Pentecost · na; illustrated by Frank McCarthy

125 · [cartoon] · Fred Levinson · ct

130 · [cartoon] · Walt Wetterberg · ct

133 · [cartoon] · Joseph Kiernan · ct

The American Magazine [v160 #2, August 1955] (Crowell-Collier, quarto, cover by Leo Aarons) []
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· By the Way—How Much Can You See? · The Editor · ed

· Thank You, America · Alexander Washchenko · ar

· A Husband Can’t Win! · Huntley Clover · ar

· How Ike Keeps Fit · Clarence Woodbury · ar

· They Make Your Hometown Safer · J. Edgar Hoover · ar

· The Amazing Secret of Walt Disney · Don Eddy · ar; illustrated by ? [Ref. Walt Disney]

· We Discovered Paris Through Its Markets · Charlotte & Denis Plimmer · ar

· Fall’s the Time to Build a Lawn · Bernard Gladstone · ar

· Best Vacation I Ever Had · Leonard Falkner · ar

· Escape to Paradise · Ware Torrey Budlong · n.; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

· Ride with the Executioner · Charlotte Armstrong · nv; illustrated by George Garland

· The Cobweb Bridge · Marjorie Carleton · ss; illustrated by Ward Brackett

· Lady, Get Lost · John De Meyer · ss; illustrated by J. Frederick Smith

· Blaze of Glory · Walter Kaylin · ss; illustrated by Frank McCarthy

· Summer Serenade · James Robert · vi; illustrated by Maxine McCaffrey

· The Bride at Dead Soldier Spring · Oliver La Farge · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

· Deception · Lydel Sims · vi

The American Magazine [v160 #3, September 1955] (Crowell-Collier, quarto) []
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· Dutch Honeymoon · Oscar Schisgall · n.

· Heiress to Murder · Gordon Gaskill · na

· A Lady in Love · Mary Stolz · ss

· Francesca’s Daughter · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss

· The Big Catch · Vic Whitman · vi

· Sailor’s Choice · Herbert Dalmas · ss

· Hannie · Alec Rackowe · ss

The American Magazine [v160 #4, October 1955] (35¢, quarto) []
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· By the Way— Behind These Pages · The Editor · ed

· Let’s Put Our Idle Teen-agers to Work · William G. Long · ar

· How to Travel with a Boy Friend · Kay Lane · ar

· Meet Hollywood’s Most Exciting Family · Al Stump · ar

· Machines That Talk Back at You · Joseph Cloyd · ar

· They Said We Couldn’t Adopt a Child · Hal Burton · ar

· My Trip to the Land of Giants · Don Eddy · ar

· For Growing Room— Look to Your Attic · Albert A. Ostrow · ar

· You Can See America in a Day · Peter Maas · ar

· What Have You Got to Swap? · Robb Sagandorph · ar

· The Game of Love · Ware Torrey Budlong · na

· Killer in Town · Lew Dietz · na

· Marriage Anyone? · Sarah & Ronald Morrisette · ss

· Light My Way · Frank Bennett · ss

· Tied to a Rainbow · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss

· The Brat · Dorothy S. Phillips · ss

· For the Love of Mike · James Robert · ss

· Misleading Lady · Walter S. Tevis, Jr. · vi

The American Magazine [v160 #5, November 1955] (Crowell-Collier, 35¢, 132pp+, quarto) []
Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky.

4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · The Editors · cl

8 · Movies of the Month · E. K. Zittell · mr

9 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl

12 · By the Way… a Pat on the Back from Terrence · The Editor · ed

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

14 · The Open Door · [uncredited] · cl

15 · Funny Side of the Street · [uncredited] · hu

17 · Trouble—It’s Wonderful · Danny Thomas · ar

20 · Is He the One? · Florence Jane Soman · ss

22 · What It Takes to Be a Big-Time Model · Charlotte Payne · ar

24 · The Second Mrs. Haskell · Hugh B. Cave · ss

26 · Are You Spoiling for a Fight? · Sylvan Gotshal · ar

28 · Man with a Torch · Haldane Campbell · ss

30 · Spotlight on Milton Eisenhower · Vance Packard · bg [Ref. Milton Eisenhower]

32 · I Found the Closest Thing to Heaven · Hal Burton · ar

36 · Smart Cookie · Mary Knowles · ss

38 · Girl on the Run · Paul Ernst · nv

47 · America’s Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Elizabeth Strong Cowles, Clarissa Wheeler-Jones, Ian Forbes Fraser, James Fassett, Sandra Black, Laurie Farr, Eleanor Lansing Douglas, Samuel Rothbart & Larry Rothbart]

60 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct

69 · A Place for Every Toy · Albert A. Ostrow · ar

72 · Help for Your House · Gus Rogers · cl

74 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence Galton · cl

76 · Private Punky · [uncredited] · ct

78 · Flaming Cookery in New Orleans · Don Eddy · ar

82 · Can You Do These Jobs? · [uncredited] · pz

84 · The Call of the Old West · Leonard Falkner · ar

100 · Quick on the Draw · James D. Lucey · vi

104 · Globe-Trotting Trudy · [uncredited] · ms

106 · Day of Glory · Raymond J. Brown · ss

110 · How Not to Sell a House · Roger Dove · ar

119 · Immune to Murder [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv

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