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The American Magazine [v159 #2, February 1955] (Crowell-Collier, quarto, cover by Walter M. Baumhofer) []
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· Let’s Call It Love · Oscar Schisgall · n.; This modern Eve learned it isn’t the plan, but the man, that makes a paradise

· The Case of the Talking Bug · The Gordons · na; The wire tap told police a baffling tale of murder in advance.

· Hooked · Fannie Kilbourne · ss; The first step to capturing a bachelor is to captivate him; Everybody Loves Perry, by Jeff Brown, Everybody, that is, except the three people who know him best.

· Swamp Test · Wyatt Blassingame · ss; The silent waters were a proving ground for a man’s courage, a girl’s love.

· Dial Danger · Herbert Dalmas · vi; Clayt knew that only the killers would haer his call for help.

· Record of Gold · M. L. Mabie · vi; It was a symbol of one man’s faith in youth, in talent.

· Valentine for Vickie · James Robert · vi; That first dance can be an ordeal for a gril with her heart in her hand.

The American Magazine [v159 #3, March 1955] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., quarto, cover: [photo] by Joseph Rustan) []
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4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · The Readers · lc

8 · By the Way · The Editor · ed

10 · Movies of the Month · Various · mr

12 · How’s Mr. Gilhooley? · Zoa Sherburne · vi

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

14 · The Open Door · Various · cl

16 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Various · cl

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

19 · How Safe Is Your Youngster? · J. Edgar Hoover · ar

20 · Cross My Heart · John Toland · ss

22 · Million-Dollar Bouquet · Steve King · ar

24 · Good Schools Are Worth Fighting For · Jacqueline T. Leonhard · ar

26 · Sting of the Lance · Georges Carousso · ss

28 · Around America by Rail · Don Eddy · ar

32 · How Can I Forget You? · I. A. R. Wylie · ss

34 · From Newsboy to Governor · Robert B. Meyner · ar

38 · I’ve Been Framed! · Leonard Falkner · ar

40 · Think in Mink · James Robert · vi

42 · Caged · Belva Plain · na

46 · Why Motorists Get in Trouble · Ralph Anderson · ar

49 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

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

67 · Help for Your House · Various · cl

100 · Globe-Trotting Trudy · Various · ms

104 · Taxco: Jewel City of Mexico · Philip Spelman · ar

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

119 · Private Punky [Punky] · [uncredited] · ct

121 · The Curse of Sablier Island · Gordon Gaskill · nv

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

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) []
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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) []
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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

The American Magazine [v160 #6, December 1955] (Crowell-Collier, 35¢, quarto, cover: [photo] by Howard Zieff) []
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· New Facts About the Weather · Jack Long · ar

· Could You Answer the $64,000 Question? · Hal March · ar

· Your New Dream Car · Siler Freeman · ar

· Christmas All Year Round · Grace Nies Fletcher · ar

· Don’t Try to Reform Your Husband · Shirley Bolt · ar

· Toward the Land of Milk and Honey · Robert Deardorff · ar

· I’m Glad I’m Alive · Floyd J. Pemberton · ar

· Papa Christmas · Fredric March · ar

· Cuba’s Isle of Pines · Joseph Cloyd · ar

· Wizard with a Million Voices · Frederick G. Brownell · ar

· Love Will Be a Little Late · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na

· Terror Trap · Mignon G. Eberhart · na

· Shady Lady · Leslie Hall · ss

· Romance of the Year · Muriel Roy Bolton · ss

· That Miracle in Spain · Marion Valensi · ss

· Holiday Hearts · James Robert · vi

· A Touch of Tenderness · Victoria Case · ss

The American Magazine [v161 #1, January 1956] (35¢, quarto) []
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· Love Bound · Gertrude Schweitzer · na; illustrated by Walter Skor

· The Smiling Victim · Hugh Pentecost · na; illustrated by James Bingham

· Round and Round We Go · Edward S. Fox · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin

· Who Needs Amy Hoffer? · Harriet Frank, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Lucia

· Wife for Sale · Stewart Toland · ss; illustrated by John Clymer

· Cautious Redhead · Oscar Schisgall · vi; illustrated by Charles Binger

The American Magazine [v161 #2, February 1956] (35¢, quarto, cover by Paul D’ome Studios) []
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· ARTICLES:

· 5 Ways You Can Work for Peace · Harold E. Stassen · ar

· By Piggyback Way Across America · Evan McLeod Wylie · ar

· A Movie Star Who Acts Like One · Al Stump · ar; about Dolores Gray.

· I Invent My Own Diseases · Don Harold · ar

· Is Anybody Really Honest? · Vance Packard · ar

· This Is Brooklyn? · Frank Lewis · ar

· Brighten your Floors with Tile · Bernard Gladstone · ar

· We Learned to Ski in Self-Defense · Ozzie Sweet · ar

· NOVELS:

· Forbidden Woman · Alec Rockowe · n.; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

· The Cloth-of-Gold Murders · Baynard Kendrick · na; illustrated by James Meese

· STORIES:

· Maid in Manhattan · Jerrold Beim · ss

· Girl with a Passing Fancy · Willard Temple · ss; illustrated by Mac Conner

· Frantic Frontier · Mosser Mauger · ss; illustrated by Bob Myers

· Assingment: Treason · Richard Stern · ss; illustrated by George Hughes

· Lady from Heaven · Oscar Schisgall · vi

The American Magazine [v161 #3, March 1956] (35¢, 136pp, quarto) []
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· Walk My Way · Ted Ware · n.

· The Waiting Bullet · John Rhodes Sturdy · n.

· Springtime in Paris · Peg Bracken · ss

· See You in Court! · Arthur Myers · ss

· Lonesome Lover · Marjorie McIntyre · ss

· Real Gone Guy · William Scott · ss

· As the Saying Goes · Leslie Hall · ss

The American Magazine [v161 #4, April 1956] (35¢, quarto) []
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· The Image of Sharon · Josephine Bentham · n.

· Essence of Murder · Peter Ordway · na

· The Real Me · Ruth Henning · ss

· Emergency Call · John Ehle · ss

· Doghouse for Two · B. M. Atkinson, Jr. · ss

· Petticoat Pilgrims · Gordon Gaskill · ss

· The Red Wagon · Leon Ware · vi

The American Magazine [v161 #5, May 1956] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 35¢, 132pp+, quarto) []
Paul C. Smith, ed.-in-chief. Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky.

2 · Picture of the Month · [uncredited] · mr

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

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

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

12 · The Open Door · The Readers · cl

14 · Platters Up · [uncredited] · ms [Ref. Peggy King]

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

17 · Do You Have a Legal Will? · Jerome Beatty · ar

18 · This Is Love · Stewart Toland · ss; illustrated by Morgan Kane

20 · Oral Roberts—King of the Faith Healers · John Kobler · bg [Ref. Oral Roberts]

22 · Jenny and the Big Bad Wolf · Ruth Henning · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff

24 · Ed Sullivan · Jack Long · bg

26 · Toughest School in the World · Clarence Woodbury · ar

30 · New Cure for Sick Marriages · Vance Packard · ar

32 · The Most Important Man · Carl Guldager · ss; illustrated by Peter Stevens

34 · 1000 Isles of Fun · John Keats · ar

37 · Beloved Survivor · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na; illustrated by Tom Lovell

43 · America’s Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Lorraine Washington, Christinme Sifneou, Rep. John D. Dingell, Jr., Lorrain D’Essen, May Davenport Seymour, Stanley Adams, Joe Frisa, Gladys Hoene & Bill Mitchell]

54 · [cartoon] · Bill Harrison · ct

56 · [cartoon] · John Gallagher · ct

63 · Basement Playroom at Little Cost · Rod M. Emery · ar

66 · Help for Your House · Gus Rogers · cl

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

69 · Now You Can Build a Multipurpose Garage · [uncredited] · cl

71 · [cartoon] · Joey Oakes · ct

74 · [cartoon] · Roy Wilson · ct

76 · Little Expectations · Herb Green · ct

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

82 · [cartoon] · A. Cramer · ct

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

86 · Have You Really Been Around? · Frank Lewis · qz

94 · Let’s Make Fiesta · Le Grand Henderson · ss; illustrated by Andy Virgil

98 · Are You a Good Marriage Risk? · [uncredited] · ms

106 · It Never Happens… · Walter Goldstein · ct

107 · Earth Was Their Book · Jesse Stuart · ar

110 · Private Punky · Norman Hoifjeld · ct

111 · [cartoon] · Kirk Stiles · ct

112 · Where’s Molly Muldoon · Jeanne Bender · vi

115 · [cartoon] · Leo Garel · ct

116 · [cartoon] · Gustav Lundberg · ct

117 · Nero Wolfe and the Vanishing Clue [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; illustrated by Alex Ross; published in book form as A Window for Death.

The American Magazine [v161 #6, June 1956] (35¢, 128pp, quarto) []
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· 9 to 5 Wife · Oscar Schisgall · n.

· Trail of the Vulture · Hugh Pentecost · n.

· A Millionaire for Kate · George Sumner Albee · ss

· Too Young to Know · Kermit Shelby · ss

· The Most Beautiful Attic in the World · Mary McSherry · ss

· Hiding Place · Leslie Hall · ss

· Good Morning Stranger · Cecile Gilmore · ss

The American Magazine [v162 #1, July 1956] (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, quarto, cover: [photo] by Ozzie Sweet) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents.

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

6 · America’s Birth Certificates · [uncredited] · ar

8 · Movies of the Month · Various · mr

10 · The Open Door · Various · cl

11 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Various · cl

12 · DISCussion · Various · cl

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

15 · My Heart Attack Taught Me How to Live · U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson · ar

18 · Orchids and Pink Champagne · Leslie Hall · ss

20 · From Farm Boy to TV Dance King · Cameron Shipp · ar

22 · Morgan Comes Home · Mary Van Fossen Schwab · ss

24 · Capital Foods! · Vance Packard · ar

27 · What Janey Wants, Janey Gets · Rebecca Shallit · ss

28 · Dali Is a Dilly · Henry LaCossitt · ar [Ref. Salvador Dalí]

30 · Your Dog Can Be a Rin Tin Tin · Lee Duncan · ar

32 · The Invisible Umpire · Willard Temple · ss

34 · On the Road to Utopia · Don Eddy · ar

38 · Just Before the Wedding · Ware Torrey Budlong · na

42 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

58 · Ride the Carousel · Various · ms

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

67 · All in the Family · Various · cl

69 · Be a “Safety Sam” in Your Workshop · Albert A. Ostrow · ar

72 · Help for Your House · Various · cl

72 · Patterns—Build It Yourself—for Better Summer Living · Various · ms

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

88 · Bear Mountain Weekend · Peter Maas · ar

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

94 · Globe-Trotting Trudy · Various · ms

100 · Captain Contrary · John Walters · vi

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

113 · Murder Flies High · H. Vernor Dixon · na

The American Magazine [v162 #2, August 1956] (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, quarto, cover by Phil Dormont) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents.

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

6 · Movies of the Month · Various · mr

10 · The Open Door · Various · cl

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

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

15 · What America Means to Me · J. Hugo Aronson · ar

18 · There She Goes Again · Leslie Hall · ss

22 · A Teenage Dream Comes True · Jack Long · ar

26 · School Crisis in Dixie! · Virginius Dabney · ar

31 · The Guilty Hour · Miriam Cavanaugh · ss

33 · Let’s Take the Mystery Out of Cooking · Rex Stout · ar

37 · For Olivia, My Wife · Gertrude Schweitzer · na

43 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

54 · Crazy Over Horses · Walter Kaylin · ss

60 · Grand Prize · Gordon Gaskill · vi

64 · His Best Friends Are Monkeys · Vance Packard · ar

72 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Various · cl

76 · Kangaroo Words · Various · pz

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

78 · Keys to Happiness · Wyatt Blassingame · ar

82 · The Exploiter · Edwin T. Connell · vi

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

87 · Help for Your House · Various · cl

88 · What Goes Into Your Car · [uncredited] · ar

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

98 · Private Punky [Punky] · [uncredited] · ct

101 · The Girl Who Saw Too Much · Holly Roth · na

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The American Mercury [v1, #1, January 1924] []
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8 · Four Poems · Theodore Dreiser · gp

_ · The Little Flowers of Love and Wonder · Theodore Dreiser · pm

_ · Proteus · Theodore Dreiser · pm

_ · For a Moment the Wind Died · Theodore Dreiser · pm

_ · Take Hands · Theodore Dreiser · pm

11 · Stephen Crane · Carl Van Doren · ar

15 · Four Generations · Ruth Suckow · ss

39 · Mr. Moore and Mr. Chew · Samuel C. Chew · pl

85 · Weaver’s Tale · John McClure · ss

123 · Once More, the Immortals · James Branch Cabell · rv

The American Mercury [v1, #2, February 1924] ed. H. L. Mencken & George Jean Nathan (Alfred A. Knopf) []
Fiction only.
Details taken from eBay listing.

· All God’s Chillun Got Wings · Eugene O’Neill · pl

165 · Caught · Sherwood Anderson · ss

196 · American Portraits, 1: The Labor Leader · James M. Cain · ar

The American Mercury [v1, #3, March 1924] (standard) []
Details supplied by Grant Thiessen.

257 · Cretheus and the Lions · Stephen French Whitman · ss

297 · John Maroufaz and His Sons · W. L. George · ss

332 · Portrait of an Old Mother · Alice Mary Kimball · pm

The American Mercury [v1, #4, April 1924] (standard) []
Details supplied by Grant Thiessen.

403 · Stella · Thyra Winslow · ss

433 · American Portraits, III: The Editorial Writer · James M. Cain · ar

459 · Mushroom Town (A Cycle of Sonnets) · Muna Lee · gp

_ · I: The Drug-Store · Muna Lee · pm

_ · II: Electors · Muna Lee · pm

_ · III: August · Muna Lee · pm

_ · IV: Murderers · Muna Lee · pm

_ · V: The Carnival · Muna Lee · pm

_ · VI: Mrs. Hastings · Muna Lee · pm

_ · VII: Methodist Revival · Muna Lee · pm

_ · VIII: Prairie Sky · Muna Lee · pm

491 · Guard · Ruth Valentine · ss

The American Mercury [v2, #5, May 1924] []
Details supplied by Grant Thiessen.

17 · Case of Bedrich Zatloukal · Paul Tanaquil · ss

92 · Rachel and Her Children · Frances Newman · vi

109 · Pedagogue: Old Style · James M. Cain · ar

The American Mercury [v2, #6, June 1924] []
Details supplied by Grant Thiessen.

141 · Absolution · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss

161 · The Black Duck Dinner [Paul Bunyan] · James Stevens · ss

196 · This City Wind (A Sonnet) · Leonora Speyer · pm

196 · Passing (A Sonnet) · David Morton · pm

The American Mercury [v2, #7, July 1924] ed. H. L. Mencken & George Jean Nathan (Alfred A. Knopf) []
Fiction only.
Details taken from eBay listing.

· M’liss and Louie · Carl Sandburg · pm

275 · The Devil Born in Them · Chester T. Crowell · ss

357 · The Mouse · May Freud Dickenson · ss Young’s Magazine November 1913

The American Mercury [v2, #8, August 1924] []
Details supplied by Grant Thiessen.

391 · The Gates of Tamerlane · Achmed Abdullah · ss

411 · The Trial of the Dead Cleopatra · Vachel Lindsay · pm

419 · The Ordeal of Prohibition · Clarence S. Darrow · ar

457 · The Mercy of God · Theodore Dreiser · ar

481 · Pariah · Chester T. Crowell · ss

The American Mercury [v3, #9, September 1924] []
Details supplied by Grant Thiessen.

8 · Song Tournament: New Style · Louis Untermeyer · pm

15 · Start in Life · Ruth Suckow · ss

81 · Mr. Durant · Dorothy Parker · ss

The American Mercury [v3, #10, October 1924] []
Details supplied by Grant Thiessen.

149 · Masterpiece · Robert B. Garey · ss

206 · On Literary Groups · Maxwell Bodenheim · ar

213 · Sentimentalist · Ben Hecht · ss

The American Mercury [v3, #11, November 1924] []
Details supplied by Grant Thiessen.

270 · Uninvited · Thomas Boyd · ss

275 · Politician: Female · James M. Cain · ar

306 · The Shroud of Color · Countee P. Cullen · pm

The American Mercury [v3, #12, December 1924] []
Details supplied by Grant Thiessen.

399 · Grammarian · John McClure · ss

403 · Trial by Jury · Harry Elmer Barnes · ar

438 · High Dignitaries of State · James M. Cain · ar

451 · Conclusion · L. M. Hussey · ss

The American Mercury [v4, #13, January 1925] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

14 · Wreck · Winifred Sanford · ss

· Jefferson Out of Harness · Paul Wilstach · ??

The American Mercury [v4, #14, February 1925] ed. H. L. Mencken & George Jean Nathan (Alfred A. Knopf) []
Fiction only.
Details supplied by Paul Di Filippo.

143 · Above Paradise · James Branch Cabell · nv

221 · Golden Wedding · Ruth Suckow · ss

· Of Mountains · Leonora Speyer · pm

The American Mercury [v4, #15, March 1925] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

314 · Play a Waltz · David Merrill Anderson · ss

The American Mercury [v4, #16, April 1925] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

441 · Sorcerer · Julia Peterkin · ss

The American Mercury [v5, #17, May 1925] []
Issue partially indexed from Copyright Renewal Records.

· Modern Conquistadores · William McFee · ??

The American Mercury [v5, #18, June 1925] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

169 · Anniversary · Eleanor Clarage · ss

The American Mercury [v5, #19, July 1925] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

280 · Allie · Winifred Sanford · ss

· Bright Eyes · Jim Tully · ss

The American Mercury [v5, #20, August 1925] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

415 · Unshapely Things · Francis Hackett · ss

The American Mercury [v6, #21, September 1925] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

20 · Forest Fire · Winifred Sanford · ss

· Papago Wedding · Mary Austin · vi

The American Mercury [v6, #22, October 1925] []
Issue partially indexed from Copyright Renewal Records.

· Self-Conscious America · Sinclair Lewis · ??

The American Mercury [v6, #23, November 1925] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

298 · Untamed · Chester T. Crowell · ss

The American Mercury [v6, #24, December 1925] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

398 · Convention · Theodore Dreiser · ss

The American Mercury [v7, #25, January 1926] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

10 · Investment for the Future · Ruth Suckow · ss

100 · Saved · Winifred Sanford · ss

The American Mercury [v7, #26, February 1926] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

187 · New Englander · Harvey Fergusson · ss

The American Mercury [v7, #27, March 1926] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

332 · Mendelian Dominant · Sara Powell Haardt · ss

353 · Renegade · John McClure · ss

The American Mercury [v7, #28, April 1926] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

484 · Liberator · L. M. Hussey · ss

The American Mercury [v8, #29, May 1926] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

93 · Quarry of the Godly · Stanley Walker · ss

The American Mercury [v8, #30, June 1926] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

195 · Cloud-Capp’d Towers · Emily Clark · ss

339 · Dry Sunday in Connecticut · Josephine Herbst · ss

The American Mercury [v7, #31, July 1926] []
Issue partially indexed from Copyright Renewal Records.

· Whitman in Camden · Dane Yorke · ??

The American Mercury [v8, #32, August 1926] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

461 · Commencement · Sara Powell Haardt · ss

The American Mercury [v9, #33, September 1926] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

7 · Death in the Woods · Sherwood Anderson · ss

· Nathalia from Brooklyn · Nunnally Johnson · ??

The American Mercury [v9, #34, October 1926] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

207 · Four Dreams of Gram Perkins · Ruth Sawyer · ss

The American Mercury [v9, #35, November 1926] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

301 · The Untarnished Shield · William McFee · ss

· Of the Dead of a Forsaken Country · H. L. Davis · ??

The American Mercury [v9, #36, December 1926] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

412 · Man of the Family · Ruth Suckow · ss

· Five Portraits on Galvanized Iron · Benjamin De Casseres · ??

The American Mercury [v10, #37, January 1927] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

17 · China Boy · Idwal Jones · ss

49 · Black Child · Winifred Sanford · ss

101 · Old Whitey · Nels Anderson · ss

113 · Reunion · Carter Brooke Jones · ss

The American Mercury [v10, #38, February 1927] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

193 · Resolute Lady · L. M. Hussey · ss

The American Mercury [v10, #39, March 1927] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

273 · Eminence · Ruth Suckow · ss

292 · First Day · Robert Joyce Tasker · ss

· Santa Fe Sketches · Carl Sandburg · ??

The American Mercury [v10, #40, April 1927] (standard) []
Issue not indexed.

The American Mercury [v11, #41, May 1927] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

56 · Old Ladies’ Man · Ruth Suckow · ss

· Five Poems · Sherwood Anderson · pm

· The Citadel of Thrift · Dane Yorke · ??

The American Mercury [v11, #42, June 1927] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

162 · Man Is Hanged · Robert Joyce Tasker · ss

200 · On Public Servioe · Idwal Jones · ss

208 · Jungle Dusk · Emily Clark · ss

The American Mercury [v11, #43, July 1927] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

341 · Pink · Leonard L. Hess · ss

The American Mercury [v11, #44, August 1927] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed.

· On the Mountain-Side · Elizabeth Madox Roberts · ss

The American Mercury [v12, #45, September 1927] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

51 · Licked · Sara Powell Haardt · ss

98 · Laundress · Meridel Le Sueur · ss

The American Mercury [v12, #46, October 1927] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

211 · Good Pals · Ruth Suckow · ss

· Bull Horrors · Jim Tully · ss

The American Mercury [v12, #47, November 1927] (standard) []
Issue not indexed.

The American Mercury [v12, #48, December 1927] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

431 · A Jury Case · Sherwood Anderson · ss

467 · Ten · Ruth Suckow · ss

The American Mercury [v13, #49, January 1928] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed.

· Trial by Jury · James M. Cain · ss

The American Mercury [v13, #50, February 1928] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

213 · Bridal Pond · Zona Gale · vi

The American Mercury [v13, #51, March 1928] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

272 · Ku Klux · William Archer Sholto Douglas · ss

291 · Pastorale · James Mallahan Cain · ss

335 · Jerkline · James Stevens · ss

The American Mercury [v13, #52, April 1928] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

425 · Jungle Justice · Jim Tully · ss

482 · Marsh Duck · Idwal Jones · ss

The American Mercury [v14, #53, May 1928] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

10 · Great Papist Plot · William Archer Sholto Douglas · ss

The American Mercury [v14, #54, June 1928] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

177 · Millennium · Ruth Suckow · ss

225 · Windfall · Winifred Sanford · ss

The American Mercury [v14, #55, July 1928] (standard) []
Issue not indexed.

The American Mercury [v14, #56, August 1928] (standard) []
Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

469 · Half Cocked · Charles Sampson · ss

The American Mercury [v15, #57, September 1928] (standard) []
Issue not indexed.

The American Mercury [v15, #58, October 1928] (standard) []
Issue not indexed.

The American Mercury [v15, #59, November 1928] (standard) []
Issue not indexed.

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