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The Blue Book Magazine [v94 #3, January 1952] ed. Donald Kennicott (McCall Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, quarto) fc. · Men of America: Elisha Kane · John Fulton · cv Men of America: Elisha Kane: Our Arctic Pioneer · Anon. · ar; illustrated by John Fulton Readers’ Comment · [The Readers] · lc _ · [letter] · Helene Parrish · lt _ · [letter] · John C. Craig · lt _ · [letter] · William Gilkerson · lt 2 · Second Genesis · Eric Frank Russell · ss; illustrated by Brendan Lynch 8 · His Fathers’ Son · Owen Cameron · ss; illustrated by Cleveland Woodward 15 · Fine Feathers · Sir Arthur Gorges · ia; derived from the papers of Sir Arthur Gorges, Knight, 1597, illuminated and illustrated by Peter Wells.; illustrated by Peter Wells 16 · Train to Nowhere · Hamilton Greene · pi A Gentleman’s War · David Clark · ar 26 · The Wolf, She Howl · Neill Wilson · ss; illustrated by Carl Burger 31 · Our Arctic Pioneer · David Hawke · ar; illustrated by John Fulton 36 · Why Take Chances, Mike? · Don James · ss; illustrated by Grattan Condon 42 · The F.B.I. Protects the Innocent · Joe P. Faulkner · ar; illustrated by John McDermott Flak · Harold Helfer · cl 49 · Facts—About Watches · John Dunlavy · ar 50 · O’Ryan Meets the Press Gang · Frederick J. Bell · ss; given as “O’Ryan and the Press Gang” in the Table of Contents.; illustrated by Raymond Sisley Sport Spurts · Harold Helfer · cl 57 · Military Mascots: Monsieur de Niagara · Fairfax Downey · ar; illustrated by Charles Chickering 58 · The Army’s Spy Hunters · Thomas M. Johnson · ar; illustrated by Frederick Chapman 62 · Sabina and the Talent Scouts · Frank X. Tolbert · ss; illustrated by Benton Clark 68 · The Lost Continent of Atlantis · D. C. O’Flaherty · ar; illustrated by Frederick Chapman 76 · Bonehead · Joel Reeve · ss; illustrated by O. F. Schmidt 82 · Coffee and— · David Alexander · ss; illustrated by Charles Chickering 88 · The Autobiography of a Kamikaze Pilot [Part 2 of 3] · Yukihisa Suzuki · ar; illustrated by Clayton Knight 101 · My Uncle Everett and the Ladies’ Guild · Haywood Vincent · ss; illustrated by Stuart Hay 106 · The Great Gale · Mackenzie Cottrell · na; illustrated by Clinton Shepherd 126 · Passport to Jeopardy · Philip Clark · na; illustrated by Maurice Bower ibc. · Who’s Who in This Issue · [The Editor] · cl [Eric Frank Russell; Philip Clark; Frank Talbert; Hamilton Greene]; profile & photo of Eric Frank Russell; profiles only of Philip Clark, Frank Talbert; photo only of Hamilton Greene.

Bluebook Title changed from The Blue Book Magazine. Publishers: McCall Corporation: Bluebook Editors: Maxwell Hamilton - Editor: Bluebook, Feb 1952 – Apr 1954. André Fontaine - Editor: Bluebook, May 1954 – May 1956.

Bluebook [v94 #4, February 1952] ed. Maxwell Hamilton (McCall Corporation, 25¢, 128pp, quarto, cover by Bill Fleming) While the magazine is universally thought of as Bluebook from this point on, the masthead, spine and indicia actually list it as Bluebook Magazine, and the registration lists it as The Blue Book Magazine. Only the cover lists it as Bluebook initially with a subtitle of “Adventure in Fact and Fiction”. Bluebook’s Blue Ribbons · [The Editor] · cl Thinking Out Loud · Maxwell Hamilton · ed They Say · Anon. · ms Pro and Con · [The Readers] · lc _ · [letter] · Robert Bishop · lt _ · [letter] · Dan Jenkins · lt _ · [letter] · James K. Snider · lt _ · [letter] · Frank L. Nickerson · lt _ · [letter] · Col. W. R. Jackson · lt _ · [letter] · Kinsley McWhorter, Jr. · lt _ · [letter] · Russell E. Flajshans · lt Payment for Two · Theron H. Luke · ss; illustrated by John Floherty, Jr. Stand-in for a Corpse · Harold Helfer · ar Why Not a Foreign Legion for America? · Brig. Gen. Henry J. Reilly · ar; illustrated by Stan Drake Not Even Hell · Graham Doar · ss; illustrated by W. David Shaw Too Little and Too Late · Joseph Lawrence · ar; illustrated by Miller Pope Fate and the 1st Lieutenant · John Campbell Smith · ss; illustrated by Brendan Lynch The Man Who Could Have Killed Washington · John Richard Young · ar; illustrated by Miller Pope Helpmeet · Drayton Farnham · ss; illustrated by David Stone The Beast That Fights Back · Al Capen · ar; illustrated by Herb Saslow Captain Laffey’s Luck · Fred Lane · ss Middles Are the Cream · William R. Cox · ss; illustrated by Bob Fink Gold! · Horace Bailey Brown · ar The Pride of a Man · William Roberts · ss; illustrated by David Stone Sweet Talk · V. Henry · ss; illustrated by Paul Hamlin The Juice Man · Bob Patterson · ss; illustrated by Stan Drake The Autobiography of a Kamikaze Pilot [Part 3 of 3] · Yukihisa Suzuki · ar; illustrated by Clayton Knight Mountain Fever · Mark Boesch · ss; illustrated by Stan Drake New Moon’s Call · John Clagett · ss; illustrated by Dick Francis The Man Who Was Bait · Lyle Robertson · na; illustrated by Herb Saslow Relax and Enjoy · Sumner Plunkett · rv

Bluebook [v94 #5, March 1952] ed. Maxwell Hamilton (McCall Corporation, 25¢, 128pp, quarto, cover by George Englert) Bluebook’s Blue Ribbons · [The Editor] · cl Thinking Out Loud · Maxwell Hamilton · ed They Say · Anon. · ms Pro and Con · [The Readers] · lc _ · [letter] · Frank Blair · lt _ · [letter] · Jean Brough · lt _ · [letter] · Robert P. Hoskins · lt _ · [letter] · Allan B. Spencer · lt _ · [letter] · Walter F. Stevens · lt _ · [letter] · Barbara Keenan · lt _ · [letter] · David Turner · lt _ · [letter] · Betty Thailer · lt The Soiled Angel of Tsingchow · William Chamberlain · ss; illustrated by Carol Johnson The Match Game · John T. Dunlavy · ar Never Been Away · Joel Reeve · ss; illustrated by Miller Pope One Bottle of Aquavit · Albert M. Ottenheimer · ss; illustrated by W. David Shaw Is the H-Bomb Obsolete? · Anon. · ar; this may have been by Bluebook’s Assistant Editor, Sumner Plunkett. Bootleggers of the Tall Timber · Luther Locke · ar; illustrated by Bob Fink Tuesday in Times Square · Harold H. Prommel · ss; illustrated by David Stone How to Retire on $250 a Month · Joseph Lawrence · ar; illustrated by Frank Ingoglia Never Kick a Kalinga · Guy Emery · ss; illustrated by David Stone "Fish Away!" · L. V. Julihn · ar; illustrated by William Kolliker Too Eager a Beaver · Phil Magee · ss; illustrated by Miller Pope One Down to Blondie · John R. Pederson · ss; illustrated by Gene Widhoff The Case of the Piggy-Bank Banker · Ward Taylor · ar An Unhappy Burglar · Morris Osofsky · ss; illustrated by Jack Betts Instead of a Gun · Goodrich S. Walton · ss; illustrated by Louis Glanzman They Call It a People’s Army · Joseph Wechsberg · ar; illustrated by Stan Drake "I’ve Killed a Man" · Fred Lane · nv Easy Money · Webb B. Garrison · ar; illustrated by Richard Francis Not for the Birds · Horace Bailey Brown · ar; illustrated by Howard Willard West of Quarantine · Todhunter Ballard · na; illustrated by Stan Drake Relax and Enjoy · Sumner Plunkett · rv

Bluebook [v94 #6, April 1952] ed. Maxwell Hamilton (McCall Corporation, 25¢, 128pp, quarto, cover by John Floherty, Jr.) Details taken from Table of Contents. Bluebook’s Blue Ribbons · [The Editor] · cl Thinking Out Loud · Maxwell Hamilton · ed They Say · Anon. · ms Pro and Con · [The Readers] · lc _ · [letter] · Floyd H. Whitehorn · lt _ · [letter] · William B. Upjohn · lt _ · [letter] · O. L. Shobe · lt _ · [letter] · William Martin · lt _ · [letter] · Robert Williams · lt _ · [letter] · F. R. Budden · lt _ · [letter] · H. J. Crubaugh · lt What Are the Russians Really Like? · Gordon R. Newell · ar; illustrated by Dick Francis 10 · Once a Fly-Boy · William Chamberlain · ss; illustrated by Jack Betts 16 · Hot Iron · John Rhodes Sturdy · ss; illustrated by Stan Drake Down with Pigeons · Joseph Lawrence · ar; illustrated by W. David Shaw 30 · Footloose · Morgan Lewis · nv; illustrated by George Giguere 42 · Winter in April · Van MacNair, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Bob Fink Got Your Gun? · John T. Dunlavy · ar The Red Circles of Charlie Boyle · Hamilton Greene · ar; illustrated by Hamilton Greene Wordly Wise: To Bark Up the Wrong Tree · Webb B. Garrison · cl 58 · The Return of Dixie Tom · Zachary Ball · ss; illustrated by Frank Lacano 64 · One Man Horse · Glenn R. Vernam · nv; illustrated by Gene Widhoff 76 · The Wisdom of Wiz · Richard A. Henriquez · ss; illustrated by Richard Hook 82 · Set a Thief [The Old Neighborhood] · Joel Reeve · ss; illustrated by Dan Noonan Are You Getting the Most out of Your MG? · Erwin Christian Lessner · ar; illustrated by Julian Block 95 · The Davidian Report · Dorothy B. Hughes · na; illustrated by Al Tarter Relax and Enjoy · Sumner Plunkett · rv

Bluebook [v95 #1, May 1952] ed. Maxwell Hamilton (McCall Corporation, 25¢, 128pp, quarto, cover by John McDermott) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. ifc. · Purely Personal · [The Editor] · cl [Favius Friedman; Graham Doar; Bertram Whiting; Donald Barr Chidsey; Horace Bailey Brown; Joseph Lawrence]; profiles and photos of Favius Friedman, Graham Doar, Bertram Whiting; profiles only of Donald Barr Chidsey, Horace Bailey Brown, Joseph Lawrence. 2 · Thinking Out Loud · Maxwell Hamilton · ed 3 · What Next! · Anon. · cl 4 · Pro and Con · [The Readers] · lc _4 · [brief extract from letter] · R. M. Hiddleston · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · John Barnes · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Ray Schoener · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · R. Valenzuela · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · James R. Martin · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Bud Gamble · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Paul F. Scherer · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Maurice M. Hartz · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · J. R. Endicott · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Harold & Grace Hoag · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · V. M. Taber · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Jack H. Whett · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Ralph Guarino · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · E. W. Bronweld · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Steve Brown · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Charles D. Oakley · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · A. W. Logan · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Tony Busch · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · J. Fischer · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Jack Gordon · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · N. L. Tweedy · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · M. L. Montgomery · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Byron Burt · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Richard Tatoryn · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Glenn Martin · lt 5 · Girl of the Gestapo · Thomas M. Johnson · ar; illustrated by Sir Anthony 8 · Big Brown · Bertram Whiting · ss; illustrated by W. David Shaw 12 · Eddie and the Big If · George “Specs” Toporcer · ar; illustrated by George Meyerriecks They Call Him “Specs” [George “Specs” Toporcer] · Anon. · bg 20 · No Strings Attached · Alan Nelson · ss; illustrated by Dave Stone 25 · Patrol · Cpl. Arthur J. Weisberger · vi; illustrated by Charles Berger 26 · The Case of the Errant Spouse · Horace Bailey Brown · ar; illustrated by Al Tarter 33 · ...And Still Champion · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss; illustrated by Orin Kincade 37 · Midnight Ride · Graham Doar · ss; illustrated by Ted Hanke 41 · Wordly Wise: To Fly Off the Handle · Webb B. Garrison · cl 42 · Anybody Need a Buffalo? · Harold Helfer · ar; illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman 44 · The Brass of a Boomer · William L. Rohde · ss; illustrated by Bill Baker 50 · The Hill · Jack R. Griffin · ss; illustrated by Dick Francis 56 · Forty Acres and a Fool · Joseph Lawrence · ar; illustrated by Cary Thorne 60 · The Dark Door · Nelson Bond · ss; illustrated by Jim Meese 66 · Where’s the Cavalry? · George F. Worts · ar; illustrated by Howard Williamson 70 · Easy Pickup · Melville Borrie · vi; illustrated by Miller Pope 72 · The Ragged Rebellion · Harry Edward Neal · nv; illustrated by Howard Williamson 85 · From the Editor’s Scrapbook · [The Editor] · ms 86 · High Flying Cowboy · Peter Dollar · ss; illustrated by Bob Fink 92 · Man Eater · Tom Roan · ss; illustrated by Bill Lohse The TV Picture · John T. Dunlavy · ar 98 · I Drive a Continental · Favius Friedman · ar; illustrated by Denver Gillen 101 · One Way Street · Nick Marino · na; illustrated by Stan Drake ibc. · Relax and Enjoy · [The Editor] · rv

Bluebook [v95 #2, June 1952] ed. Maxwell Hamilton (McCall Corporation, 25¢, 128pp, quarto, cover by Charles Lundgren) Details taken from Table of Contents. Purely Personal · [The Editor] · cl [Tom Roan; John Maynard; M. Jon Gresso; John Rhodes Sturdy; John Blair Beach]; profiles and photos of Tom Roan, John Maynard; profiles only of M. Jon Gresso, John Rhodes Sturdy, John Blair Beach. Thinking Out Loud · Maxwell Hamilton · ed What Next! · Anon. · cl Pro and Con · [The Readers] · lc _ · [brief extract from letter] · Lt. Bud Albert · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · Lt. Bob Mulledy · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · Lt. Tony Novak · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · William J. Soast · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · L. Hastings Lewis · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · Ralph Bohny · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · Chuck Watkins · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · R. L. Thompson · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · F. A. Hoskins · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · Paul D. Petterson · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · Neal J. Durgin · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · Tony Paulos · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · Larry Stapleton · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · Anthony Arnold · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · James S. Banta · lt _ · [brief extract from letter] · Frank B. Morton · lt "I Can Break Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record!" · Ralph Kiner · ar Flak · Anon. · cl 9 · The Devil Goes to Breakfast · Tom Roan · ss; illustrated by Bill Lohse 14 · Blood Will Tell · Le Roy Boyd · nv; illustrated by Herb Saslow People will Believe Anything! · Horace Bailey Brown · ar; illustrated by Hank Berger Fair & Cooler · John T. Dunlavy · ar 34 · Parade Is Ten Minutes Long · Frank O’Rourke · ss; illustrated by Charles Geer 42 · The Pacemaker · Walter Livingston · ss; illustrated by Bob Fink Is It Really the Image of Jesus? · John Blair Beach · ar 52 · Play to Win · Ralph Wellner · ss; illustrated by Miller Pope Have You seen Cadet Cox? · Lester David · ar; illustrated by Miller Pope 60 · Knight in Rusty Armor · John Rhodes Sturdy · nv; illustrated by Frank Lacano 72 · Korean Gamble · Milton H. Ivens · ss; illustrated by Miller Pope Farewell to the Davis Cup · John Maynard · ar; illustrated by John Cullen Murphy 80 · The Hero · M. Jon Gresso · ss; illustrated by John Floherty, Jr. Grass Man · Edwin Burkholder · ss; illustrated by Stan Drake Wordly Wise: Four-Flusher · Webb B. Garrison · cl; illustrated by Charles Beck 94 · Tales of Whippoorwill Valley: Ridge Runner’s Revenge · Ewart A. Autry · ss; illustrated by Bill Lohse 99 · The Hold-Up of the Silk Express · Todhunter Ballard · na; illustrated by George Geer Relax and Enjoy · [The Editors] · rv

Bluebook [v95 #3, July 1952] ed. Maxwell Hamilton (McCall Corporation, 25¢, 128pp, quarto, cover by Geoffrey Biggs) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. ifc. · Purely Personal · [The Editor] · cl [Harold Helfer; Dick Hanser; G. T. Fleming-Roberts; Clifton Adams]; profiles and photos of Harold Helfer, Dick Hanser, G.T. Fleming-Roberts; profile only, Clifton Adams. 2 · Thinking Out Loud · Maxwell Hamilton · ed 3 · What Next! · Anon. · cl 4 · Pro and Con · [The Readers] · lc _4 · [brief extract from letter] · George Hammond · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Rod Sessler · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Louis Naritsch · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · West Jameson · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Ida H. Nelson · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Ards L. Kelsey · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · John Stombaugh · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · L. E. Calkins · lt _4 · [brief extract from letter] · Jim Anthony · lt 5 · Golf’s an Old Man’s Game · J. W. Benjamin · ss; illustrated by Stan Drake 12 · 717 · Hamilton Greene · ar; given as “Hill 717” in the Table of Contents.; illustrated by Hamilton Greene 24 · The Brass Halo · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv; illustrated by Miller Pope 40 · Experiment · Harold Helfer · vi; illustrated by Sam Decker 42 · The Olympic Title We Can’t Lose · Dugal O’Liam · ar; illustrated by Orin Kincade 49 · The Invaders · Clifton Adams · ss; illustrated by Howard Williamson 54 · Snagbritches Hill · John Clagett · ss; illustrated by Denver Gillen 60 · Vanished! · Edwin V. Burkholder · ar; illustrated by Frank Lacano 66 · Missing in Berlin · William McGivern · nv; illustrated by Dan Noonan 81 · Hitler’s Master Spy · Richard Hanser · ar; illustrated by Sir Anthony 82 · Wordly Wise: Get the Sack · Webb B. Garrison · cl 85 · Summer Sports—and How to Become One · Loyd Rosenfield · ar 86 · The Prophecy · Robert Zacks · ss; illustrated by W. David Shaw 92 · The Greatest Pitcher of All Time · George “Specs” Toporcer · ar; illustrated by Dave Stone 98 · The Green Hat · Louis W. Triefenbach · ss; illustrated by Warren Talcott 103 · You Meet All Kinds · Walter Livingston · na; illustrated by Al Tarter ibc. · Relax and Enjoy · [The Editors] · rv