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The American Magazine [v156 #6, December 1953] (35¢, quarto, cover by Paul Burns) []
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· By the Way · The Editor · ed

· Everybody’s Getting on the Bandwagon · Leonard Falkner · ar

· America Rediscovers Its Hands · Phil Creden · ar

· How to Get Along with Your Relatives · James F. Bender, Ph.D. · ar

· Jack Dempsey—the Toughest “Mother” I Know · Al Stump · ar

· Romance on the River · Don Eddy · ar

· The Old Heaps Are Hot · James Melton · ar

· Luxembourgh—the Greatest Little Country on Earth · Miriam Troop · ar

· …Let Nothing You Dismay! · John W. McPherrin · ar

· Forbidden Dreams · Lawrence Williams · na

· Scared to Death [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na

· Love Charm · Phyllis L. Peterson · ss

· Plain Girls Are Dynamite · Richard Stern · ss

· The Christmas Heart · Faith Baldwin · ss

· The Boy Who Stole Pennies · Jo Sinclair · ss

· Split-Up · Violet Wolfson · vi

· His Wife’s Fiance · Herbert Dalmas · vi

The American Magazine [v157 #1, January 1954] (cover by Peter Stevens) []
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· Wrong Kind of Girl · Max Hampton · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

· Voice of the Idol · Oscar Schisgall · ss; illustrated by John Northcross

· Hungry Heart · Harriet Frank, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Morgan Kane

· Blonde with a Bluff · Cynthia Hope & Frances Ancker · ss; illustrated by Tom Dunn

· The Coldriver Conspiracy · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by Thornton Utz

· One Woman’s Price · Gertrude Schweitzer · ss; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea

· Murder East of Cairo · Gordon Gaskill · na; illustrated by James Bingham

· Pink Is for Girls · James Robert · ss; illustrated by Frank Ingoglia

The American Magazine [v157 #2, February 1954] (35¢, quarto) []
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· By the Way - Here’s How I Bought a New Car · The Editor · ed

· Why Not Take In Washing? · Don Budge · ar

· Whose Income Tax Are You Paying? · T. Coleman Andrews · ar

· What’s Wrong with the G.O.P.? · Clarence Budington Kelland · ar

· I’ve Got a Secret! · Garry Moore · ar

· Powell Street: The Spirit of San Francisco · Roul Tunley · ar

· Electrical Repairs Made Easy · Walt Fischman · ar

· A Few Basic Tools Will Start a Workshop · Walt Durbahn · ar

· Sunny Sicily · Marvin Barrett · ar

· It’s American to Do It Yourself! · John W. McPherrin · ar

· That Woman in Red · Margaret Culkin Banning · na

· A Valentine for the Victim · Stuart Palmer · na

· Husband Guaranteed · Hannah Smith · ss

· The First Winter · Stewart Toland · ss

· The Gorgeous Risk · Nord Riley · ss

· One Man to a Marriage · Scott Young · vi

· Toss Him in the Brig · Richard Howells Watkins · ss

· Temper! Temper! · Bernice Daniel · vi

The American Magazine [v157 #3, March 1954] (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 144pp+, quarto, cover by Arthur Sarnoff) []
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4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · The Readers · lt

8 · Movies of the Month · Larry Thomas · mr

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

12 · By the Way: Our Most Precious Possession · The Editor · ed

14 · I Meet the World’s Most Innocent People · Judge Le Roy Dawson · ar

21 · How to Fatten Your Family’s Fortune · G. M. Loeb · ar

22 · Trailer Bride · Jean DeWitt Fitz · ss; illustrated by Thornton Utz

26 · Television’s Hidden Heroes · Jerome Beatty · ar

28 · Never Step Back · John Richard Young · ss; illustrated by John Clymer

31 · He Built His Life on a Pattern · Clarence Woodbury · bg [Ref. Donald R. Brann]

34 · Through with Women · Mary Van Fossen Schwab · ss; illustrated by George Garland

36 · The Million-Dollar Shiner · William Porter · ss; illustrated by Robert Bugg

38 · Let’s Go to the Ozarks · Don Eddy · ar

42 · A Stranger to Love · Alec Hackowe · nv; illustrated by J. Frederick Smith

46 · Who Am I? · Stewart Toland · ss; illustrated by David Berger

49 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Marie McNamara, Harold S. Lincoln, Enrico Pastori, Ashley Alexander, Carl O. Marty, Jr., Joe Mercurio, Arthur Maisel, Helen Cannon, Terry Plummer, Allan Silliphant, Charles J. Dauray & Mona Munch]

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

66 · How to Put It Together · Walt Durbahn · ar

70 · Welding Words · Ben L. O’Dell · pz

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

76 · [cartoon] · Al Kaufman · ct

78 · [cartoon] · Fred Levinson · ct

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

83 · [cartoon] · Frank Ridgeway · ct

88 · [cartoon] · Evan D. Diamond · ct

94 · [cartoon] · Jack O’Brien · ct

102 · [cartoon] · David Lucas · ct

106 · “One Turk Can Like 10 Russians” · Gordon Gaskill · ar

116 · [cartoon] · Don Tobin · ct

118 · The Open Door · [uncredited] · cl

120 · [cartoon] · Bob Schroeter · ct

122 · [cartoon] · Halston Jones · ct

125 · A Date with Spring · Leo Russell · vi; illustrated by Frank Ingoglia

127 · [cartoon] · Burr Schaefer · ct

129 · Murder Comes to the Fair · Hugh Pentecost · na; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

144 · You Get What You Pay For · John W. McPherrin · ar

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

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