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The American Magazine [v161 #3, March 1956] (35¢, 136pp, quarto) []
Details taken from eBay listing.

· 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

The American Mercury (about)

The American Mercury [v1, #1, January 1924] []
Details supplied by Grant Thiessen.

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) []
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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) []
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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] []
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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

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