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The American Magazine [v157 #4, April 1954] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 136pp+, quarto, cover by Bob Hilbert) []
Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky.

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

8 · The Open Door · [uncredited] · cl

10 · By the Way · The Editor · ed

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

14 · How to Predict Your Youngsters’ Behavior · Walter Weir · ar

21 · Big Things Ahead! · Harry L. Fisher, Ph.D. · ar

22 · Launch That Dreamboat · Dorothy Karr · ss; illustrated by Paul Burns

26 · Are Charity Drives Driving You Crazy · Joseph Donaldson · ar; illustrated by Louis Glanzman

28 · See London for 11 Cents · Charlotte & Denis Plimmer · ar

32 · Be Mean to Me · Elizabeth Stowe · ss; illustrated by Hy Rubin

34 · Too Old for Dolls · Ben & Ann Pinchot · ss; illustrated by John Fernie

37 · Don’t Let Your Plumbing Problems Get You Down · Vance Packard · ar

40 · He Makes People Like Him · Jerome Beatty · bg [Ref. Dave Garroway]

42 · Tarnished · Ware Torrey Budlong · nv; illustrated by Thornton Utz

46 · Winner’s Choice · Isabel Stewart Way · ss; illustrated by John Cullen Murphy

49 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Robert Wilkins, Joe Fletcher, Helen Hamper, Elliot Crane, Harry C. Nash, Naomi Lorne, John Vining, Coral Lorenzen, Tommy High, Mary Helms, Myrtrice Helms & Rev. James Friedrich]]

60 · Oh, That Look! · Claire Wallis · vi

63 · Help for Your House · Gus Rogers · cl

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

66 · What You Should Know About Lumber · Walt Durbahn · ar

70 · [cartoon] · John Gallagher · ct

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

74 · [cartoon] · Mary Gibbon · ct

76 · What’s His Name · Ann Mounteer · pz

78 · [cartoon] · Stan Fine · ct

82 · [cartoon] · Martin Filchock · ct

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

88 · [cartoon] · Jack O’Brien · ct

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

96 · [cartoon] · Jeffrey J. Monahan · ct

98 · They’re Music-Mad in Trinidad · Jack Long · ar

104 · [cartoon] · Walt Wetterberg · ct

110 · [cartoon] · Jam · ct

112 · [cartoon] · Dave Hirsch · ct

119 · [cartoon] · Herb Williams · ct

121 · Make Believe It’s Murder · Wyatt Blassingame · na; illustrated by James Bingham

125 · [cartoon] · Roy L. Fox · ct

133 · [cartoon] · Gustav Lundberg · ct

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

136 · Welcome to Our New Readers · John W. McPherrin · ar

The American Magazine [v157 #5, May 1954] (35¢, quarto) []
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· They Won Their Fight for Better Schools · Various · ms

· A Widow Might · Phyllis Duganne · ss; illustrated by Paul Burns

· The Secret Place · Lawrence Earl · ss; illustrated by Nat Youngblood

· Family Fugitives: Why Millions Run Away from Home · Various · ar

· The Summer Enjoyment Move Outdoors · Robert Scharff · ar

· Freckle Speckled Cutie · David Horne · ss

· Born Bad · Marjorie McIntyre · ss; illustrated by Barbara Schwinn

· Down East Adventure · Vance Packard · ss

· There’s a Time for Love · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

· A Machine Named Mildred · Dorothy Les Tina · ss; illustrated by Robert Bugg

· America’s Interesting People: George McSherry, Robb Sagendorph, Grace Earle, Tim McAuliffe, Sybil Wong, J. Stan Surber, Mrs. Esther Manz, Dr. Frank BAxter, Rev Gerald Bonney, Glenn Cartyle, Betty Finnin, E. J. Knapp · [uncredited] · cl

· Big City Boat Ride · Jack Newcombehe · ss

· Turns Lemons Into Grapefruit: William Zeckendorf · Edward Boyd · ar

· When a Man Murders [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; illustrated by Thornton Utz

The American Magazine [v157 #6, June 1954] (35¢, quarto, cover by Don Winslow) []
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· By the Way · The Editor · ed

· Wanted: Young Men for Top-Salary Jobs · Wallace Jamie · ar

· From Scratch to Finish · Leonard Falkner · ar

· Everybody Picks on Benson · Roul Tunley · ar

· We Rediscovered the Rhine · Charlotte & Denis Plimmer · ar

· He Took the Hard Road to Fame · Ed Fitzgerald & Al Stump · ar

· Your Health Insurance—Will It Pay All the Bills? · Albert Q. Maisel · ar

· The Safest Place to Drive · Roger Dove & Robert Ficks · ar

· What You Should Know About Wallboard · Walt Durbahn · ar

· Cooperstown—Where Heroes Live Again · John Leonard · ar

· Your Market Value · John W. McPherrin · ar

· Talk of the Town · Nelia G. White · na

· The Accidental Murders · Peter Ordway · na

· Two in a Tent · Hallie S. Burnett · ss

· Husband in Reserve · James Robert · vi

· Her First Wedding · Dorothy S. Phillips · ss

· Let’s Bury the Hatchet · Nard Jones · ss

· Blood on the Sun · Thomas Thompson · ss

The American Magazine [v158 #1, July 1954] (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 160pp, quarto, cover by Alex Ross) []
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· We’re Betting You’ll Be Prosperous · Philip D. Reed · ar

· Riding the Rails with the Fast Freight · Evan McLeod Wylie · ar

· How I Licked the Jitters · Eddie Lopat · ar

· There’s a Place for Everything · Albert A. Ostrow · ar

· Pitch a Tent for Family Fun · Hal Burton · ar

· The Woman Who Changed My Life · Octavus Roy Cohen · ar

· How to Stick ’Em Up · Walt Durbahn · ar

· Tobago, Loafer’s Hideaway · Jack Long · ar

· Our Cats Are Playing Possum · Richard Sharpe · ar

· Free to Be Responsible · John W. McPherrin · ar

· Half a Love · Paul Ernst · na

· The Case of the Hanging Gardens · Kelley Roos · na

· Office Monster · Alec Rackowe · vi

· Kiss Me Hello · Elizabeth Stowe · ss

· Troubled Summer · Lucy Cundiff · ss

· Crash Landing · Joseph Laurance Marx · ss

· Outcast of Ste. Angele · Phyllis Lee Peterson · ss

· Petticoat Pitfall · Cliff Farrell · ss

The American Magazine [v158 #2, August 1954] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, quarto, cover by Ward Brackett) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents.

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

6 · The Open Door · Various · cl

8 · Movies of the Month · Various · mr

10 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Various · cl

12 · By the Way · The Editor · ed

14 · How Far Can You Trust Your Teen-Ager? · Harold T. Christensen, Ph.D. · ar

16 · Poor Man’s Daughter · Gertrude Schweitzer · ss

18 · The Case for a National Lottery · U.S. Representative Paul A. Fino · ar

20 · Some Guys Whistle · John Bender · ss

22 · Triple-Threat Girl · Mary Van Fossen Schwab · ss

26 · I’m Glad I Married a Rolling Stone · Esther Sanders · ar

28 · So You Want to Be a Weekend Decorator · Bernard Gladstone · ar

30 · Little Joe’s Miracle · Wyatt Blassingame · vi

32 · Our Family Holiday in the Land of Canoes · Vance Packard · ar

36 · Let Me Tell You About My Operation · Don Eddy · ar

38 · Scandal Trap · Herbert Dalmas & Elizabeth Crawford · na

42 · Abandon Ship! · John F. Wallace · ss

45 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

58 · It’s the Law! · [uncredited] · ct

62 · Help for Your House · Various · cl

65 · What You Should Know About Concrete · Walt Durbahn · ar

66 · Now They’ve Done It · [uncredited] · cl

70 · Twist a Word · Various · pz

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

98 · Does Your Town Stop Tourists? · William Drake · ar

106 · She Solves the Problems of Working Wives · Frederick G. Brownell · ar

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

110 · Why? · Various · cl

113 · Directory of Schools and Colleges · [uncredited] · ms

117 · You Have Everything! · James Robert · vi

119 · Punky Enters the Army [Punky] · [uncredited] · ct

121 · Blackmailer’s Bluff · Hugh Pentecost · na

136 · What the Readers Tell Us · John W. McPherrin · ar

The American Magazine [v158 #3, September 1954] []
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· The Quiet Wife · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na

· The Jet Plane Murders · Richard Stern · na

· The Golden Gimmick · James Robert · ss

· Alien Bride · Ann Gibbons · ss

· Substitute Hero · James McKimmey · vi

· Summer Suitor · Rebecca Shallit · ss

· Get Well Soon · Harold Helfer · vi

· Beauty and the Bottle · Elizabeth Stowe · ss

· By the Way: Who Made the Atom? · The Editor · ed

· Her Faith Is Their Fortune · Bill Hosokawa · ar

· Your House Is Full of Legal Pitfalls · Jerome Beatty · ar

· Facts You Don’t Dare Tell a Women! · Eddie Senz · ar

· I Love Islands · Gordon Gaskill · ar

· A Shower for the Bridegroom! · Dick Ewilson · ar

· He Saved a Million Lives · John Kobler · ar

· How to Use Masonary Fasteners · Walt Durbahn · ar

· My First Violin · Guy Lombardo · ar

· What I Like About Americans · Mary Heathcott · ar

· One Fingerlakes Holiday · Leonard Falkner · ar

The American Magazine [v158 #4, October 1954] []
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· The Outlawed · Frank Bonham · na

· Ghost of a Chance · Doris Miles Disney · na

· Too Bright a Shade · Anne Homer Warner · ss

· The Yellow Sweater Type · Marjorie McIntyre · ss

· Roughneck’s Gamble · Philip Clark · ss

· Barrel-Roll Finish · William Sambrot · vi

· Dumb Dog · Celia G. Jameson · vi

· By the Way: The Inspiration in a Few Kind Words · The Editor · ed

· The Communists Are After Our Minds · J. Edgar Hoover · ar

· Housewife in Politics · Lynn Stern · ar

· Should Your Boy Play Football? · Al Stump · ar

· Around the World in Sixty Minutes · Edward Boyd · ar

· You Can Make Your House Snug for Winter · Walt Fischman · ar

· Things I Can’t Explain · Octavus Roy Cohen · ar

· Sand It Again · Walt Durbahn · ar

· We Cruised Through Paris · Marvin Barrett · ar

· You Don’t Have to Be Beautiful · Roul Tunley · ar

The American Magazine [v158 #5, November 1954] (Crowell-Collier, quarto) []
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· The Sin of Susan Slade · Doris Hume · n.; The story of a teenager who dared not claim her child.

· Dead Duck! · Scott Young · na; The killer gave his human prey no warning, no sporting chance for life.

· A Girl Who Couldn’t Lose · Robert Meyer · ss; Jenny knew what she wanted, but she had to make Marv want the same thing.

· Thanks for a Miracle · Frances Bergman · ss; There was magic in Mrs. Daily’s living room and Thanksgiving in her heart.

· Natural Born Hero · John & Ward Hawkins · ss; McCarey’s plan for winning was simple, he’d just drawn his rival.

· Her Name Was Folly · Donald M. Berwick · ss; Van was rated the ’catch’ of the cruise, but the girl he wanted was already taken.

· Blonde Around Town · Donna Crouse · vi; It took an eccentric spinster to teach a deserted wife a lesson in living.

· Love on Rye · James Robert · vi; How Julie found the recipe for romance.

The American Magazine [v158 #6, December 1954] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 35¢, 136pp+, quarto, cover by Paul C. Burns) []
Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky.

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

6 · By the Way · The Editor · ed

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

10 · The Open Door · The Readers · cl

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

15 · If War Comes We’ll Win It! · Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey, (ret.) · ar

18 · Senorita from Brooklyn · Alec Rackowe · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

20 · Would You Want to Be a Mayor? · Mayor Frank P. Zeidler · ar

22 · The Lost Star · Stewart Toland · ss; illustrated by John Clymer

24 · Don’t Hit Your Kid Brother · Jack Lang · bg [Ref. Art Carney]

26 · The “If” Present · Elizabeth Christman · vi; illustrated by Morgan Kane

28 · Make a Hit with Your Handyman · Walt Durbahn · ar

30 · Little Black Book · Dorothy Hansen · ss; illustrated by Mary Mayo

32 · Greece—Playground of the Gods · Roul Tunley · ar

34 · How to Buy a House · Ronald J. Chinnock · ar

38 · That Evil Woman · Gertrude Schweitzer · nv; illustrated by Ward Brackett

43 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · bg

54 · Grudge Flight · Robert Dexter Neff · ss; illustrated by Arthur Lidov

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

62 · What One Word? · Ben L. O’Dell · qz

68 · Help for Your House · Gus Rogers · cl

69 · Build Your Own Workbench · [uncredited] · ms

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

74 · Why? · Roy L. Fox · cs

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

98 · We Relive the Miracle of Valley Forge · Leonard Falkner · ar

108 · New England Meat Pie Masterpiece · Don Eddy · ar

114 · Bobby Pin Brigade · Jo Lundy · vi; illustrated by Don Neiser

119 · Private Punky · Norman Hoifjeld · ct

121 · The Body in the Hall [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; illustrated by Thornton Utz

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

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