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The American Magazine [v147 #3, March 1949] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier, 25¢, quarto, cover by Alex Ross) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. 4 · By the Way · [Misc.] · cl 6 · Letters to the Editors · [The Readers] · lc 12 · Food Front · [Misc.] · cl 14 · Why Don’t They? · [Misc.] · cl 16 · Now They’ve Done It · [Misc.] · cl 18 · Life’s Little Problems · [Misc.] · cl 21 · Tomorrow Is a New Day · Bob Hope · ar 22 · Just Before the Wedding · Josephine Bentham · ss 24 · Why You Are Safer in Milwaukee · Jerome Beatty · ar 26 · Katie Hath Charms · Nell O’Day · vi 28 · Stand-By Swenson · Fred Lane · ss 30 · Where Do You Take Your Troubles? · Smiley Blanton, M.D. · ar 32 · How to Pick a Dog · Blanche Saunders · ar 34 · Bachelor Beware · Luelle & Philip Clark · ss 36 · Trash or Treasure? · Sigmund Rothschild · ar 38 · That Unpredictable Look · Isabella Taves · ss 40 · Prom Girl · Lee Rogow · vi 42 · What’s Keeping Prices Up · U.S. Representative Jacob K. Javits · ar 44 · Scattergood and the Fiery Zealot [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss 46 · Everybody’s Neighbor · Jack Long · ar 48 · Mother Means Well · Brooke Hanlon · ss 50 · Diamond Theives · Arthur Daley · ar 52 · Private Affair · Oscar Schisgall · na 56 · The Dangerous Type · Joseph Millard · vi 65 · Welding Words · [Misc.] · pz 72 · It’s the Law! · [Misc.] · ct 90 · Life’s Little Miracles · [Misc.] · cl 93 · Interesting People · Anon. · cl 116 · Check That Impulse! · [Misc.] · cl 126 · Souvenir Slaphappy · [Misc.] · ms 132 · Terrible! · John Golden · ar 142 · The Third Man · Graham Greene · na

The American Magazine [v147 #4, April 1949] (25¢, quarto, cover by Walter Baumhofer) Details taken from eBay listing. Pioneers Next Door · William Drake · ss; illustrated by Euclid Shook Walk on Tiptoe · Marjorie Carter · ss; illustrated by Robert Patterson The Man Who Couldn’t Sleep · Paul Kunasz · ss; illustrated by Francis Chase No One but You · Eustace Cockrell · ss; illustrated by Austin Briggs The Quicker Hand · Herbert Brean · ss; illustrated by Ben Prins The Money Tree · Ernest K. Gann · ss; illustrated by Lonie Bee Love That Bad Man · Charles Green · ss; illustrated by Perry Peterson Swindle Sweet and Simple · Norbert Davis · ss; illustrated by J. Frederick Smith The Betrayal · Norma Mansfield · ss; illustrated by James Bingham Curtain Going Up · Donald M. Richardson · ss; illustrated by Bill Baker Invitation to Murder · Peter Ordway · na; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea

The American Magazine [v147 #5, May 1949] (25¢, quarto, cover by Walter Baumhofer) Details from magawiki.com. Never Let Go · Dorothea Malm · n.; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer The Hidden Witness · George Harmon Coxe · na Girl in a Gondola · Roul Tunley · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell The Next Horizon · Oscar Schisgall · vi; illustrated by Larry Kritcher Remember New York · Pat Frank · ss 14-Carat Dream · Michael Fessier · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff Let’s Pretend · Florence Jane Soman · ss Important Day · James Robert · vi Joint Account · Gerald Mygatt · ss; illustrated by Glen Fleischmann Temptation · Lee Rogow · ss; illustrated by Wesley Snyder The Strangers · Mary Galvin & Roy Erickson · vi I Saw Terror · Patricia McCarthy · ar It Could Happen to You · Frederick G. Brownell · ar The Man Behind the Big Brass · James Y. Newton · ar [Ferdinand Eberstadt] Daisies Do Tell · James F. Bender, Ph.D. · ar Me and Television · Eric Hatch · ar Last Word in Gems · Edwin T. Connell · ar Will the Wasters Win Again? · Lindsay C. Warren · ar "Anyone Can Build a House" · Benedict Gunnar · ar

The American Magazine [v147 #6, June 1949] (25¢, quarto, cover by Scott Evans) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 4 · By the Way · R. B. H. · cl 6 · Letters to the Editors · [The Readers] · lt 12 · Food Front · Priscilla Jaquith · cl 14 · Why Don’t They? · [The Readers] · cl 16 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence N. Galton · cl 18 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl 21 · Americans Are Lucky · Charles Erwin Wilson · ar 22 · Fisherman’s Blonde · Ernest K. Gann · nv; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin 24 · We Can’t Thrive on Security · Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry · ar 26 · Play It Smart · James Robert · ss; illustrated by Michael 28 · Nine O’Clock Rebellion · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss; illustrated by Wesley Snyder 30 · Grandmother’s Got Your Number [Helen Keyser] · Murray Teigh Bloom · bg 32 · The Circus Goes to College · Wayne Amos · ar 34 · A Diamond for Eadie · Eve Burkhardt · ss; illustrated by Milton Wolsky 36 · God’s Salesman [Norman Vincent Peale] · Clarence Woodbury · bg 38 · The Long Shot · John M. Cunningham · ss 42 · What Would $100,000 Do to You? · Roy Barclay Hodges · ar 44 · This Is Our Night · Florence Jane Soman · ss 46 · On the Carpet · Ted Thompson · vi 47 · Women Should Be Drafted · Rep. Frances P. Bolton · ar 48 · He Couldn’t Say No · Willard H. Temple · ss; illustrated by F. Scott Wood 50 · I Ran for Office—And Got Elected · Jerome Beatty · ar 52 · The Lost Diplomat · Oscar Schisgall · nv; illustrated by Vincent Guise 56 · Oh, Mother! · Dick Pearce · vi 65 · Can You Grow These Flowers? · Ada B. Turner · qz 70 · It’s the Law · Dick Hyman · ct 76 · Check That Impulse · Harry Mace · ct 82 · Two Little Words · John Golden · ar 96 · Family Money · Mary Berkeley Finke & Helen Knox · cl 109 · Interesting People · Anon. · cl [Jack Townsend; Bertha Stockwell; George Stamir; Helen Gordon; Mary Jane Saunders; George Costello; Dr. T. Dale Stewart; Alvah Phillebaum; Mel Morse; Lisa Kirk; Constance Ellis Stalling] 126 · Life’s Little Miracles · Stanley Stamaty & Clara Gee Kastner · ct 134 · Ripsnorting News · Don Eddy · ar 146 · Door to Death [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; illustrated by Thornton Utz

The American Magazine [v148 #1, July 1949] (25¢, quarto, cover by Walter Baumhofer) Details from magawiki.com. Slattery’s Hurricane · Herman Wouk · n.; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka The Stranger in the Car · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · na; illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs The Pushover · Nicholas Breckenridge · ss; illustrated by Larry Kritcher Message for Mary · Charles Green · vi; illustrated by Walter Skor Night in the Big Swamp · John Randolph Phillips · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer Patient One · Gerald Mygatt · vi The Irresistible Liar · Jean C. Becket · ss; illustrated by Frederic Varady Blue Moon Tonight · Eve Burkhardt · ss; illustrated by Vincent Guise Tokyo Trader · Norbert Fagan · ss; illustrated by Haines Hall Scattergood Promotes a Dream [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by Earl Cordrey Miracle in Ward B · Ann Gibbons · ss; illustrated by Vincent Guise Hi, Goddess! · Muriel Roy Bolton · vi What America Means to Me · Sou Chan · ar Six Nights in a Madhouse · Tom Bernard · ar; about Spike Jones and his City Slickers. How to Put the G.O.P. on Its Feet · Governor Val Peterson · ar Teamwork for Defense · Secretary Louis Johnson · ar Headaches on the Hoof · Don Eddy · ar Which Is the House for You? · Ethel Waring, Ph.D. · ar How to Go Into Business · Charles F. Hughitt · ar Backstage at the Give-Aways · Jerome Beatty · ar; about radio quiz shows with photo of Bert Parks.

The American Magazine [v148 #2, August 1949] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. I Am Still Alive · Edward Hope · na Murder for the President’s Purse · Hugh Pentecost · na Speak to Me, Darling · Scott Young · ss Murderess · Dorothy Curnow Handley · ss One More Chance · Belva Plain · ss Toro · Robert Carse · ss This Is the Magic · Francis K. Allan · ss Sole Mates · Eddie Forester · vi Do Not Disturb · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss The Sitter and the Socker · Judson Philips · ss Anniversary · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss Collier’s Feb 27 1926 You Have 20 Chances to My One · Charles C. Willoughby · ar We Can Give Away Too Much · George W. Malone · ar Don’t Shoot, Ma! · Roy Rogers · ar I Owe My Life to the Atom Bomb · I. S. Randall · ar Travelers Tell All · Hubert Kelley · ar How to Pick a Perfume · Philip C. Smith · ar We’re on the Road to Bankruptcy · Harry F. Byrd · ar You Can Write It Down · V. K. Zworykin, Ph.D. · ar

The American Magazine [v148 #3, September 1949] (25¢, quarto) The Sharper Sword · Gordon Gaskill · nv Better Off Dead · Helen McCloy · na I’m Not for You · Faith Baldwin · ss The Charming Heel · Don Tracy · ss Nightmare Pilot · Robert Dexter Neff · ss No Tears · Norma Mansfield · ss The Marauders · Will F. Jenkins · ss Judgment · Walter G. Anderson · vi Miss Drew’s Miracle · Eleanor Gilchrist · vi The Torch · Eve Burkhardt · ss Birthday Girl · Harold Goldman · vi What America Means to Me · Louis R. Bruce, Jr. · ar We Need a Fifth Freedom · Herman W. Steinkraus · ar Revolutions—The American Way · Robert P. Russell · ar Our Worst Slum · Clarence Woodbury · ar War in Kentucky · Don Eddy · ar Tex’s Lucky Jinx · Jerome Beatty · ar GI Pioneers in Europe · Stuart Marey · ar Bus to Nowhere · Wayne Amos · ar

The American Magazine [v148 #4, October 1949] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. The Diamond · David Chandler · na Three Strikes and Dead · Philip Clark · na Manhattan on the Nile · Gordon Gaskill · ss Hi, Johnny! · Blaise W. Lane · ss Office Dinner · Charles Robbins · ss A Dog Like Buster · Willard H. Temple · ss The Misfit · Ernest Haycox · ss Remembrance · William W. Cook · ss Rocky’s Rose · Eustace Cockrell · ss Nana’s Gamble · Moran Tudury · ss Name the Man · Peter Bowman · ss

The American Magazine [v148 #5, November 1949] Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents The Hooded Hawk · Herbert Brean · na

The American Magazine [v148 #6, December 1949] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier, 25¢, 148pp, quarto, cover by Michael) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 4 · By the Way · R. B. H. · cl 6 · Letters to the Editors · [The Readers] · lt 10 · Why Don’t They? · [The Readers] · cl 12 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence N. Galton · cl 14 · Food Front · Priscilla Jaquith · cl 16 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl 19 · You Can Be in Clover · George T. Christopher · ar 20 · An Orchid a Day · Doris Hume · ss; illustrated by William Ritter 22 · One More Journey · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss; illustrated by Harold Anderson 24 · What Makes a Good Judge · Judge John C. Knox · ar 26 · Wonderland Wedding · Edgar Brooke · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff 28 · We Train the World’s Generals · Glenn Johnston · ar 30 · I Spent Christmas in Nazareth · Thomas Sugrue · ar 32 · Blackmail · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell 36 · Why You Give Money Away... · Jerome Beatty · ar 38 · Whistle for My Love · Walter Brooks · ss 42 · What I Know About Women from Shoes · Herman Delman · ar 44 · The Gamble · Harold Channing Wire · vi; illustrated by Harry Bennett 46 · Cowhands on the Grapefruit Range · Don Eddy · ar 48 · More than a Dream · William Holder · ss; illustrated by Michael 50 · Young Rebel [Dean Stockwell] · Weldon Melick · bg 52 · The Power Devil · Eustace Cockrell & Herbert Dalmas · nv; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer 54 · Getaway · Edward E. Verdier · vi 56 · Paper Chase · Robert Andrew Arthur · vi 58 · It’s the Law · Dick Hyman · ct 66 · Can You Juggle Words? · Ben L. O’Dell · qz 75 · Check That Impulse · J. S. MacDonald · ct 94 · Family Problems · [The Readers] · cl 101 · Interesting People · Anon. · cl [W. H. Anderson; Felix de Weldon; Robert Strauss; Beverly Osborne; Rubye Osborne; Larry Davison; Olga Little; Adolph A. Valanis; Hjalmar Hvam; Bridgett Carr; Mary Louise Comeaux; Pitirim A. Sorokin] 138 · The Gun with Wings [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; illustrated by Thornton Utz

The American Magazine [v149 #1, January 1950] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. Mirror, Mirror · Cecilia Bartholomew · ss Moonlit Sport · John D. MacDonald · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer Dance with Me · Alec Rackowe · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka Love Letter · Phyllis Duganne · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin Don’t Darken My Door · Merle Constiner · ss; illustrated by George Garland Echo · James Robert · vi The Idol · Belva Plain · ss; illustrated by Milton Wolsky The Top Rung · Jerome Brondfield · vi; illustrated by Clyde Ross The Galloping Gaucho · Rosalie F. Wilson · ss; illustrated by F. Scott Wood Spring Showing · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na; illustrated by Tom Lovell All by Myself · Lawrence Williams · vi; illustrated by Marshall Bouldin The Trial of Steven Kent · Josephine Bentham · na; illustrated by Vincent Guise

The American Magazine [v149 #2, February 1950] (25¢, quarto) A Girl’s Best Friend · Margaret Culkin Banning · nv The Eager Victim [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · na Night of the Execution · Faith Baldwin · ss Hidden Valley · Clements Ripley · ss A Matter of Time · Arnold G. Leo · vi The Love-Saver · Cecilia Bartholomew · ss Something Blue · Norton Weber · vi Winning Play · Scott Young · ss No Tower of Strength · Rosalie F. Wilson · ss The Lady Needed Clothes · William E. Barrett · ss Finishing Touch · Oscar Schisgall · vi What America Means to Me · Ralph J. Bunche · ar Will There Be Enough Water for You? · Oscar L. Chapman · ar Pops Has Hundreds of Talented Kids · Jack Long · ar Uncle Sam’s Untapped Millions · Noah M. Mason · ar Wife Trouble? Get Her a Job! · Mary Fisher Langmuir, Ph.D. · ar Fast Freight on Wings · Tom Bernard · ar Americans Can Be Eight Times Richer · Harold G. Moulton, Ph.D. · ar What the B-29’s Brought to Me · Mariya Yamamuro · ar

The American Magazine [v149 #3, March 1950] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier, 25¢, quarto) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. fc. · [photo] · Paul D’Ome · cv 6 · Letters to the Editors · [The Readers] · lc 11 · By the Way · [Misc.] · cl 12 · Food Front · [Misc.] · cl 14 · Why Don’t They? · [Misc.] · cl 16 · Now They’ve Done It · [Misc.] · cl 18 · Life’s Little Problems · [Misc.] · cl 20 · You Can Go Where You Please · Harry Dooley · ar 22 · If Once You Know · Agnes Bourneuf · ss 24 · The Lesson We Have Learned · Theodor Heuss · ar 26 · The Confession · Paul Marcus · vi; illustrated by John Northcross 28 · The Dragon’s Girl-Friend · Jack Long · ar 30 · Mr. Smith Goes to Europe · Gordon Gaskill · ar 32 · Come and Get Me · Donna Geyer · ss; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea 34 · It All Depends · James Robert · vi 36 · They Called Him Dumb · Clarence Woodbury · ar 38 · Exit, Running · Velda Johnston · ss; illustrated by Woodi 42 · Any Time Is Vacation Time · Carol Lane · ar 44 · Scattergood and the Bearded Brothers [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by Earl Cordrey 46 · Do You Want to Change Your Job? · Anne Heywood · ar 48 · Watch Out for George · Florence Jane Soman · ss; illustrated by W. Snyder 50 · Return to the Sea · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illustrated by Dave Mink 52 · Nothing to Lose · Frances Malm · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin 56 · Never Too Old · John Seymour Sharnik · vi 58 · It’s the Law! · [Misc.] · ct 62 · Check That Impulse! · [Misc.] · cl 70 · It Never Happens · [Misc.] · cl 72 · Eyegram · [Misc.] · ms 105 · Interesting People · Anon. · cl 138 · Life’s Little Miracles · [Misc.] · cl 141 · Passport for Murder · Patrick Quentin · na 152 · Family Problems · [Misc.] · cl