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The American Magazine [v151 #1, January 1951] (Crowell-Collier, 25¢, 152pp, quarto, cover by Lonie Bee) Details taken from eBay listing. Recipe for Romance · Thyra Samter Winslow · ss; illustrated by Peter Stevens Lady’s Captain · Gordon Gaskill · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff Life of the Party · David Karp · ss; illustrated by Fredric Varady A Guy Who’d Never Marry · Francis K. Allan · ss; illustrated by George Garland Dear Lad · Elizabeth Stowe · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter Take My Hand · Cynthia Hope & Frances Ancker · ss Wooden Wings of St. Angele · Phyllis Lee Peterson · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin Tip-Off · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss; illustrated by James Avati Clinging Vine · Ann Pinchot · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin Buck Fever · Ray S. Harris · ss Death Freight · Patrick Quentin · na; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea

The American Magazine [v151 #2, February 1951] (Crowell-Collier, 25¢, quarto, cover by Peter Stevens) Details from magawiki.com. Border Bride · William S. & R. Ross Annett · n.; illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer The Cop Killer [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; illustrated by Thornton Utz Stars in Her Eyes · Hannah Smith · ss; illustrated by Perry Peterson The Enemies · Cecilia Bartholomew · ss; illustrated by J. Frederick Smith Remember Me · Elizabeth Ellen Glancy · ss Woman Trader · Hal G. Evarts · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer Second Place · Doris Hume · ss Enough for Happiness · D. D. Beauchamp · ss; illustrated by Michael A Man’s a Fool · Marjorie Carter · vi Kid with a Grin · Don Tracy · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka Scenic Route · Dale Clark · vi If I Were Twenty-One · Clarence Birdseye · ar How America’s Cities Prepare for Defense · James J. Wadsworth · ar Vacation Afloat · Cornelius F. Cronin, Jr. · ar Why Doesn’t Somebody Kill Stalin? · Ellsworth Raymond · ar Down the Maine Hatch · Don Eddy · ar I Sent My Wife to Vassar · Vance Packard · ar Fun, Money and Box Tops · Jerome Beatty · ar

The American Magazine [v151 #3, March 1951] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 25¢, 152pp+, bedsheet) Details supplied by John Locke. 12 · The Lion’s Den · Harold Helfer · vi 20 · How Do I Love Thee? · Mary Knowles · ss; illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer 22 · Double Exposure · Harriet Frank, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell 26 · Mr. and Mrs. Cinderella · Guy Hasbrouck · ss 30 · Connecticut Rebel · Rogers Terrill · ss 32 · Affair of the Heart · Mary McSherry · ss 38 · Song for Another · Alec Rackowe · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka 40 · Prescription · S. I. Kishor · vi 44 · Magic Garden · John & Evelyn Humphreys · vi 46 · America’s Biggest Birthday Parties · Vance Packard · ar 48 · Sam Preston’s Money · Margaret Culkin Banning · nv; illustrated by Tom Lovell 101 · ad for “The Thing from Another World” · [Misc.] · ms 137 · Black Target [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · na

The American Magazine [v151 #4, April 1951] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, quarto, cover by Lonie Bee) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. 4 · Letters to the Editors · [The Readers] · lc 8 · Life’s Little Problems · [Misc.] · cl 12 · Vice-President in Charge of Giving · Dale D. Dutton, D.D., LL.D. · ar 18 · Why Don’t They? · [Misc.] · cl 21 · Successful Living Is Here to Stay! · [The Editor] · ed 22 · All for Free · Blaise Whitehead Lane · ss 24 · What About Prices? · Michael V. DiSalle · ar 26 · Along Came Love · John Clare · ss 28 · Enchanted City · John Chapman · ar 30 · Weep No More · Cecilia Bartholomew · ss 32 · Mission to Tibet · Hal G. Evarts · ss 34 · States in Strait Jackets · Richard L. Neuberger · ar 36 · Home-Town Masquerade [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss 38 · He Wouldn’t Say Yes · Rosalie F. Wilson · ss 42 · 30,000 Little Big Leaguers · Arthur Daley · ar 44 · The Survival Kit · William Corson · vi 46 · Hot Dishes in the Firehouse · Don Eddy · ar 48 · Day After Tomorrow · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na 53 · Interesting People · Anon. · cl 68 · Twisters · [Misc.] · pz 82 · Fabulous Figures · [Misc.] · cl 92 · Family Problems · [Misc.] · cl 98 · American Buy-Ways · [Misc.] · cl 102 · When You Travel · [Misc.] · cl 137 · The Glass Mask · Gordon Gaskill · na It’s the Law! · [Misc.] · ct

The American Magazine [v151 #5, May 1951] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 152pp+, quarto, cover by Lonie Bee) Details supplied by Ira Matetsky. 4 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 8 · Why Don’t They? · [The Readers] · cl 10 · What America Means to Me · Jesse Stuart · ar 17 · Fabulous Figures · Lawrence N. Galton · cl 18 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl 21 · Cleaning Our Closets · [The Editor] · ed 22 · Honeymoon’s End · Donna Geyer · ss 24 · Is Your White Collar Strangling You? · Roul Tunley · ar _24 · This Is the Letter · Mrs. Harold S. Gassman · lt _25 · This Is the Answer · Wright Mills · lt 26 · Leave It to Hade · Donald Hough · ss; illustrated by Thornton Utz 28 · Vacation Prescription: Go Fishing · Roy Lyman Sexton, M.D. · ar 30 · What Are We Going to Do About It? · Senator Charles W. Tobey · ar 32 · Now Is My Time · Virginia Dale · ss 34 · Is Your Child a Future Einstein? · Jerome Beatty · ar [John Lewellen] 36 · Believe in Me · Spain Sire · ss 38 · Hard Girl · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss 42 · Rickey Starts in the Cellar Again · J. B. Griswold · ar [Branch Rickey] 44 · Golden Years · Hannah Smith · vi; illustrated by Julian Archer 46 · Are You What You Eat? · Harriett Bruce Moore · ar 48 · The Girl from Philadelphia · Thomas Thompson · nv; illustrated by G. Brusstar 53 · America’s Interesting People · Anon. · cl [Tommy Thompson, Jr.; Mrs. Betty Kappmeyer; Dr. John McGavack; Bertha Stuhlsatz; Irving Heller; Helen Roberson; George N. Spanton; Claude Jones; Rev. Milton Ellithorpe; Gerald Bernbaum; George Hodge] 68 · Welding Words · Ben O’Dell · pz 70 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · cl; illustrated by O. Soglow 72 · [cartoon] · Bob Schroeter · ct 76 · And They Aren’t Friends Any More... · Herb Williams · ct 80 · [cartoon] · Raymond Helle · ct 84 · American Buy-Ways · Mary Rogers · cl 88 · [cartoon] · Norman Hoifjeld · ct 92 · [cartoon] · Stan Fine · ct 96 · When You Travel · Ernest Marquez · ms 98 · [cartoon] · Sid Gordin · ct 104 · Trade Trick · James Robert · vi 106 · The Best Trip I Ever Had · [Various] · cn 108 · Family Problems: How We Handled Our In-Laws · Mary Berkeley Finke · cl 110 · [cartoon] · Harold R. Currier · ct 112 · All in the Family · Larry Harris · ct 116 · [cartoon] · Albert Sway · ct 120 · [cartoon] · Bob Barnes · ct 122 · [cartoon] · Gustav Lundberg · ct 124 · [cartoon] · Ben Roth · ct 128 · [cartoon] · Ernest Marquez · ct 137 · [cartoon] · Lester Colin · ct 139 · Final Performance [Haila & Jeff Troy] · Kelley Roos · na; illustrated by Paul Burns

The American Magazine [v151 #6, June 1951] (25¢, quarto, cover by Peter Stevens) Details taken from eBay listing. Thief in the House · Anne Homer Warner · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin Pogo · Jo Evalin Lundy · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka Jumping-off Place · Rebecca Shallit · ss; illustrated by Perry Peterson North of Sinanju · William L. Worden · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer The Built-in Smile · Velda Johnston · ss; illustrated by Peter Stevens South 13 · Elizabeth Counselman · ss Spring Is for Lovers · Hal & Barbara Borland · ss; illustrated by Pucci Beyond the Gates · Gertrude Schweitzer · ss; illustrated by Thornton Utz The Red Derby · Shirley Maynard Pecue · ss Death in Studio 2 · Hugh Pentecost · na

The American Magazine [v152 #1, July 1951] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 152pp+, quarto, cover by Lonie Bee) Details supplied by Ira Matetsky. 4 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 8 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl 10 · We Spent Our Vacation on the Farm · Philip DuVal · ar 12 · Why Don’t They? · [The Readers] · cl 13 · Fabulous Figures · Lawrence N. Galton · cl 15 · The Greatest Adventure on Earth · [The Editor] · ed 16 · Redheaded Gal · Isabel Stewart Way · ss; illustrated by David Berger 18 · Peril on Your Food Shelf · Representative James J. Delaney · ar 20 · Ex-Champ · Robert Alan Aurthur · ss; illustrated by Fred Smith 22 · Here Is the Typical American Family · Roul Tunley · ar 26 · Sun on the River · Durand Kiefer · ss; illustrated by Walter Skor 28 · Over the Sea to Canada · Tom Bernard · ar 30 · It’s the Last Try That Pays Off · Jack O’Donnell · ar 32 · Patter of Little Feet · Willard H. Temple · ss; illustrated by Lucia 36 · How It Feels to Go to a Psychiatrist · Helen Harris · ar 38 · Ready for Romance · Josephine Bentham · ss; illustrated by Peter Stevens 40 · Rise and Shine · Harold Helfer · vi 42 · Banquet with the Lady Lions · Don Eddy · ar 44 · No Click, No Chick · Matt Taylor · vi; illustrated by D’Andrea 46 · Television Town · Frederick G. Brownell · ar 48 · One of Those Women · Alec Rackowe · nv; illustrated by Tom Lowell 53 · America’s Interesting People · Anon. · cl [Albert Urie; Joe Romeika; Mildred Funk; Ray Pitman; June Tolar; Tom S. Howell; Bill Carneal; Dr. Lehman Wendell; Louise Medlock; Theda Hall; Emerson Hall; Ed Boyes; Ann Boyes] 67 · [cartoon] · Herb Williams · ct 68 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · cl; illustrated by O. Soglow 70 · [cartoon] · Stanley Stamaty · ct 72 · Do You Know Your Flag? · Dr. Charles Frederick McKivergan · qz 74 · All in the Family... · Ted Key · ct 76 · [cartoon] · Don Tobin · ct 78 · [cartoon] · Marty Lowenstein · ct 82 · American Buy-Ways · Mary Rogers · cl 86 · [cartoon] · James W. Murphy · ct 92 · [cartoon] · Charles Cartwright · ct 94 · When You Travel · Ernest Marquez · ms 102 · [cartoon] · John F. Albano · ct 106 · My Most Memorable Meal · Mrs. John Vernon Shinn · ms 110 · [cartoon] · Evan D. Diamond · ct 114 · Check That Impulse! · Ray Helle · ct 116 · The Housewife Who Became a Movie Star [Thelma Ritter] · Edwin T. Connell · bg 120 · Family Problems · Mary Berkeley Finke · cl 122 · It Never Happens... · Walter Goldstein · ct 128 · [cartoon] · Albert Sway · ct 131 · [cartoon] · David Pascal · ct 134 · [cartoon] · Stan Fine · ct 137 · [cartoon] · Charles Rodrigues · ct 139 · The Man Who Talked · Helen McCloy · na

The American Magazine [v152 #2, August 1951] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 144pp+, quarto, cover by Lonie Bee) Details supplied by Ira Matetsky. 4 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 8 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl 10 · The Big Gimmick · Elizabeth Pennell · vi 13 · Why Don’t They... · [The Readers] · cl 15 · New Frontiers for the Human Spirit · [The Editor] · ed 16 · Served Him Right · Willard H. Temple · ss; illustrated by Perry Peterson 18 · The Doctors Clean House · Alice Lake · ar 20 · The Most Dangerous Year of Marriage · Emily Hartshorne Mudd, Ph.D. · ar 22 · Sea Trap · Rogers Terrill · ss; illustrated by Herb Olsen 24 · He Gives Away His Millions [Edgar Byram Davis] · Steve King · bg 26 · Jet Ride to Tomorrow · Vance Packard · ar 28 · The Ornamental Hen · Edna H. Strachan · ss; illustrated by Art Seiden 32 · Vacation in the Park · Roul Tunley · ar 34 · The Iron Key · Frank Russell Samuel · ss; illustrated by George Garland 36 · We Are Counting on the Women · Tom Bernard · ar 38 · That Blake Family · Anne Homer Warner · ss; illustrated by Mauro Scali 40 · Double Entry · James Robert · vi 43 · More Fun than a Picnic · Don Eddy · ar 44 · Watch My Smoke · Allan R. Bosworth · ss; illustrated by Tommy Shoemaker 46 · Glass—the New Magic in Your Home · Jerome Beatty · ar 48 · Something for the Guy · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff 53 · America’s Interesting People · Anon. · cl [D. C. Hanson; Gizella Kissley; Steve Ellingson; Les Paul; Mary Ford; Cory Jane SerVaas; Kathleen Cale; Marjorie Winter; Dr. Francis L. Herchenroeder; David McCabe; George Brooks; Harry James] 66 · [cartoon] · Glenn R. Bernhardt · ct 70 · [cartoon] · Ted Key · ct 72 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · cl; illustrated by O. Soglow 74 · [cartoon] · Bob Kraus · ct 76 · Welding Words · Ben L. O’Dell · pz 78 · All in the Family... · Stan Fine · ct 82 · American Buy-Ways · Mary Rogers · cl 86 · [cartoon] · Roy L. Fox · ct 88 · And They Aren’t Friends Any More... · Don Tobin · ct 92 · When You Travel · Ernest Marquez · ms 95 · [cartoon] · Sid Gordin · ct 96 · Why I Want to Visit New York · Roberta Gene Woods · ms 98 · [cartoon] · Stan Hunt · ct 100 · Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl 102 · [cartoon] · Al Kaufman · ct 106 · [cartoon] · James W. Murphy · ct 108 · Family Problems · [The Editors] · cl 109 · [cartoon] · Sid Gordin · ct 118 · Tips on Your Trip · Roy Barclay Hodges · ar 123 · [cartoon] · Irwin Caplan · ct 126 · [cartoon] · Gene Carr · ct 131 · See No Evil [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; later published in Triple Jeopardy as “The Squirt and the Monkey”.; illustrated by Thornton Utz

The American Magazine [v152 #3, September 1951] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 152pp+, quarto, cover by Walter Baumhofer) Details supplied by Ira Matetsky. 4 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 8 · Movies of the Month · Anon. · cl 10 · Radio-TV · Anon. · cl 11 · Records of the Month · Anon. · cl 12 · Funny Side of the Street · Arthur Lansing · hu 14 · Help for Your House · Anon. · cl 16 · The Open Door · [The Editors] · cl 18 · Why Don’t They? · [The Readers] · cl 21 · The Fabulous Jacksons of Denver · Vance Packard · ar 26 · Dugout Rebel · Charles Einstein · ss; illustrated by John Walter 28 · Truman Can’t Lose! · Jonathan Daniels · ar [Harry S. Truman] 30 · Collecting Records Is Fun! · John Kobler · ar 32 · Men! · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss; illustrated by Perry Peterson 34 · Can You Spot a Communist? · Clarence Woodbury · ar 36 · Streamline Your Medicine Chest · William Drake · ar 38 · Motto for Maggie · Isabella Taves · ss; illustrated by George Hughes 40 · How Good Are Your Schools · Wilbur A. Youch · ar 42 · Summer Affair · Wilma Dykeman · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell 45 · Wedding Gift · Oliver Weld Bayer · vi 46 · The Heartless MacDougals · Pamela Hennell · vi; illustrated by Robert Bugg 48 · To Mexico on an Implse · Don Eddy · ar 51 · The Head and the Heart · Arthur Gordon · nv; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff 55 · America’s Interesting People · Anon. · cl [Patty-Bo Harvie; Sally Goldberg; Dr. John F. Pick; Sharon Koehnke; Bob Hagy; Catherine Sotir; Herbert Schmiege; Bobby Dorr; John T. Batura; Amy Hill Duncan; Rollie Emerson] 70 · [cartoon] · Martin Filchock · ct 72 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · cl; illustrated by O. Soglow 74 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl 78 · [cartoon] · Harry Mace · ct 82 · [cartoon] · Mort Walker · ct 86 · Twist a Word · Ben L. O’Dell · pz 90 · [cartoon] · Gene Carr · ct 92 · [cartoon] · Jeffrey J. Monahan · ct 94 · [cartoon] · Tony Basso · ct 100 · [cartoon] · Stan Hunt · ct 114 · All in the Family · Lafe Locke · ct 116 · [cartoon] · Henry Grindall · ct 120 · [cartoon] · Albert Sway · ct 122 · And They Aren’t Friends Any More · Harry Mace · ct 126 · [cartoon] · G. W. Crenshaw · ct 133 · [cartoon] · Bob Schroeter · ct 134 · Across an Editor’s Desk · A. R. P. · ms 135 · Room for Murder · Baynard Kendrick · na 150 · American Buy-Ways · Mary Rogers · cl 152 · Family Service · [The Editor] · ed