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The American Magazine [v152 #4, October 1951] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 152pp+, quarto, cover by Tom Lovell) Details supplied by Ira Matetsky. 4 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 8 · Movies of the Month · Anon. · cl 10 · Radio-TV · Anon. · cl 12 · Records of the Month · Anon. · cl 13 · Funny Side of the Street · Arthur Lansing · hu 14 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl 16 · Help for Your House · Anon. · cl 18 · Why Don’t They? · [The Readers] · cl 21 · Help Wanted in Washington · Senator Paul H. Douglas · ar 22 · Miracles Will Happen · Phyllis Lee Peterson · ss; illustrated by George Hughes 24 · My Case Against Sport · John Lardner · ar 26 · First-Born · Marion Valensi · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka 28 · The Vantress Family Changed Your Diet · Vance Packard · ar [Mrs. Phineas Barnum Vantress] 32 · What the G.O.P. Must Do to Win · Senator Leverett Saltonstall · ar 34 · Common Sense About the Common Cold · Albert Q. Maisel · ar 36 · It’s Still Magic · Barbara & George R. Corrigan · vi; illustrated by Hedley Rainney 38 · Something New in New England · Roul Tunley · ar 40 · Let’s Go Places · Hannah Smith · ss; illustrated by Fredric Varady 42 · Gray Goose of Silence · Stewart Toland · ss; illustrated by John Clymer 45 · Misleading Lady · Lillian Oakley · ss; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea 46 · 10 Ways to Hold a Husband · Lester W. Dearborn · ar 48 · Susan Emery, R.N. · Faith Baldwin · nv 52 · We Found an Island Paradise · Deena Clark · ar 55 · America’s Interesting People · Anon. · cl [Mrs. Richard R. Bennett; Edwin L. Baron; Robert Morrison; R. H. Angus; Ruth Marr; Evan Stineman; Betty McDonough; Charles P. Scheuer; Mary Frances McKoy; Bob Merrill] 68 · [cartoon] · Jay Irving · ct 72 · Small-Town Quiz · Harold Helfer · qz 76 · [cartoon] · Dan McCormick · ct 80 · It’s the Law · Dick Hyman · cl; illustrated by O. Soglow 82 · When You Travel · Ernest Marquez · ms 88 · [cartoon] · Larry Frick · ct 100 · [cartoon] · Ned Hilton · ct 102 · [cartoon] · Roy L. Fox · ct 106 · Photography Is More than Fun · William Drake · ar 110 · [cartoon] · John Norment · ct 112 · Why Is It? · Roy L. Fox · ct 114 · Across the Editors’ Desks · R. B. · cl 116 · [cartoon] · Bob Barnes · ct 118 · All in the Family · Ray Helle · ct 126 · [cartoon] · George Smith · ct 130 · [cartoon] · Walt Wetterberg · ct 132 · [cartoon] · Don Tobin · ct 135 · [cartoon] · Bill Gray · ct 137 · Murder on Merry Mountain · Lew Dietz · na; illustrated by Charles Hawes 150 · American Buy-Ways · Mary Rogers · cl 152 · Family Fun · [The Editor] · ed

The American Magazine [v152 #5, November 1951] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 152pp+, quarto, cover by Peter Stevens) Details supplied by Ira Matetsky. 4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · [The Readers] · lc 8 · Movies of the Month · Anon. · cl 10 · Radio-TV · Anon. · cl 12 · Records of the Month · M. R. W. · cl 13 · Help for Your House · Anon. · cl 16 · Why Don’t They? · [The Readers] · cl 18 · Funny Side of the Street · Arthur Lansing · hu 21 · The Eisenhower I Know [Dwight D. Eisenhower] · Charles Moreau Harger · bg 22 · Jamie Was No Lady · Roderick MacLeish · ss 24 · Your Wife Has an Easy Racket! · Robert J. Knowlton · ar 26 · Breakaway · William Heuman · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff 28 · Nothing Stops the Mason Family · Roul Tunley · ar 32 · Funny Man from Back Home [Herb Shriner] · Jerome Beatty · bg 34 · Miss Moonlight · Mary Knowles · ss 36 · New Ways to Healthy Teeth · J. D. Ratcliff · ar 38 · Swing Your Partner · Fred Waring · ar 40 · Wonder Boy · Keith Sterling · ss 42 · After You’ve Gone · Donna Geyer · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin 45 · Ten-Word Limit · Gerry Dick · vi 46 · What You Should Know About Insurance · Clarence Woodbury · ar 48 · 3 Women · Allene Corliss · nv; illustrated by Peter Stevens 52 · Florida! America’s Top Variety Show · Don Eddy · ar 55 · America’s Interesting People · Anon. · cl [Maurice Wilk; Roy E. Weatherby; Mrs. Bruce Lindsay; Ernest Lollar; Frank C. Russell; Joan Hutchon; Thomas D. Storrie; Chauncey Notz; Morton Bodfish; Rebel Randall] 68 · [cartoon] · Herbert Goldberg · ct 70 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · cl; illustrated by O. Soglow 72 · Welding Words · Ben L. O’Dell · pz 76 · [cartoon] · George Kesner · ct 80 · [cartoon] · Bob Paplow · ct 82 · American Family Problems: The Open Door · Anon. · cl 98 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl 100 · [cartoon] · Bob Schroeter · ct 104 · It Never Happens... · Walter Goldstein · ct 105 · Why Pick on the British · Sir Gladwyn Jebb · ar 106 · Whodunit? · Lawrence Galton · ms 109 · [cartoon] · Evan D. Diamond · ct 112 · Why Is It? · Roy L. Fox, [?] · ct 116 · Hand-Me-Down · Louis W. Triefenbach · vi 118 · [cartoon] · Cy Olson · ct 122 · [cartoon] · Bob Schroeter · ct 126 · [cartoon] · Lester Colin · ct 128 · [cartoon] · Ned Hilton · ct 130 · [cartoon] · Harry Mace · ct 132 · [cartoon] · Edwin Lepper · ct 135 · [cartoon] · Bob Barnes · ct 137 · The Fatal Hour · George Harmon Coxe · na; illustrated by Robert Hilbert 150 · American Buy-Ways · Mary Rogers · cl 152 · Thrift Begins at Home... · [The Editor] · ed

The American Magazine [v152 #6, December 1951] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier, 25¢, 142pp, quarto, cover by Tom Lovell) Details supplied by K. Becker from Table of Contents. 4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · [The Readers] · lc 8 · Movies of the Month · Anon. · mr 10 · Records of the Month · [Misc.] · cl 11 · Radio—TV · [Misc.] · cl 12 · The Open Door · [Misc.] · cl 14 · Funny Side of the Street · Anon. · hu 16 · Help for Your House · [Misc.] · cl 17 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · [Misc.] · cl 19 · Why Don’t They? · [Misc.] · cl 21 · Stalin’s Greatest Defeat · Roy Wilkins · ar 22 · A Stranger for Christmas · Florence Jane Soman · ss 24 · Beware the “Health Food” Peddlers! · Charles W. Crawford · ar 26 · Scattergood Storms New York [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss 28 · The Lyles Know How to Live · Roul Tunley · ar 32 · I Broke Into TV · Larri Thomas · ar 34 · Ugly Duckling · Gerald Mygatt · vi 36 · They Gave Uncle Sam the Works! · Don Eddy · ar 38 · The Shunning · Brooke Hanlon · ss 41 · Golden Gift · Frederick Lang · vi 42 · Track! · Hal Burton · ar 44 · Catch Me If You Can · John Reese · ss 46 · The Medicine You Make Yourself · William Drake · ar 46 · Heartbreak Voyage · John & Ward Hawkins · nv 52 · Pin Money Paid Our Way to Europe · Sam Huffman · ar 55 · Interesting People · Anon. · cl 72 · Welding Words · [Misc.] · pz 80 · It’s the Law! · [Misc.] · ct 82 · All in the Family · [Misc.] · cl 91 · Directory of Schools and Colleges · [Misc.] · cl 98 · Junkanoo Jamboree · G. Ralph Kiel · ar 102 · Whodunit · [Misc.] · cl 110 · And They Aren’t Friends Any More · [Misc.] · cl 127 · The Scarlet Box · Patrick Quentin · na 142 · American Buy-Ways · [Misc.] · cl 144 · Lasting Friendship · Anon. · ed

The American Magazine [v153 #1, January 1952] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier, 25¢, quarto, cover by Peter Stevens) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. 4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · [The Readers] · lc 8 · Movies of the Month · [Misc.] · mr 10 · Radio—TV · [Misc.] · cl 11 · Records of the Month · [Misc.] · cl 12 · Help for Your House · [Misc.] · cl 14 · My Brother Bob Taft · Helen Taft Manning · ar 16 · The Letter · Stewart Toland · ss 18 · They Put a Parson on the Payroll · Clarence Woodbury · ar 20 · A Date with the Champ · William Holder · ss 22 · I Married a Madman! · Mrs. Jerry Lewis · ar 24 · The Lucky Spot · John & Evelyn Humphreys · vi 26 · Throw the Switch—Here Comes the Limited! · Jack Long · ar 28 · 1,000 Miles of Magic · Don Eddy · ar 32 · Step Into My Parlor · Harriet Frank, Jr. · ss 35 · The Open Hand · Robert Zacks · vi 36 · Your Eyes Must See You Through · Liam O’Connor · ar 38 · More Meat for Your Money · Dr. Faith Fenton · ar 40 · Copy Girl · Gordon Malherbe Hillman · ss 42 · Marriage for Two—Adventure for Six · Vance Packard · ar 45 · Interesting People · Anon. · cl 58 · Time of Departure · Margaret Culkin Banning · na 64 · Funny Side of the Street · Anon. · hu 68 · It Never Happens · [Misc.] · cl 74 · It’s the Law! · [Misc.] · ct 80 · Why Don’t They? · [Misc.] · cl 82 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · [Misc.] · cl 88 · What’s in Your Scrapbook? · [Misc.] · cl 90 · Directory of Schools and Colleges · [Misc.] · cl 97 · All in the Family · [Misc.] · cl 98 · The Open Door · [Misc.] · cl 100 · Whodunit · [Misc.] · cl 116 · Why Is It? · [Misc.] · ms 127 · Nero Wolfe and the Communist Killer [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na 142 · American Buy-Ways · [Misc.] · cl 144 · Little Things · [The Editor] · ed

The American Magazine [v153 #2, February 1952] (148pp) Details supplied by Steve Scott. The Man Who Broke the Tax Scandal · Anon. · ar The Charmer · Gertrude Schweitzer · ss; illustrated by George Hughes Murder in Manhattan · Hugh Pentecost · nv; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea We Stole a Ride to Freedom · Anon. · ar He Is Mine · Jean DeWitt Fitz · ss; illustrated by Lucia Party Line · Blaise Whitehead Lane · ss; illustrated by Harry Bennett Nice Boys Don’t · Sam F. Ciulla · ss; illustrated by Frederic Varady Let Me Love You · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · ss; illustrated by Arpie Ermoyan The Wonder of the Desert · J. B. Priestley · ar Movies of the Month · Anon. · mr Nice Boy’s Don’t · [Misc.] · ms Angels in Your Living Room · [Misc.] · ms My Husband Is a Bum! · Mrs. Pee Wee Reese · ar The Daly Family · [Misc.] · ms Mr. and Mrs. Outdoors · [Misc.] · ms It’s the Law! · [Misc.] · ct What a Loyalty Test Really Is · [Misc.] · ms Wild Call · Gordon Gaskill · ss; illustrated by James Avati Museum Piece · Harold Helfer · ss Sophisticated Lady · Mary Knowles · ss; illustrated by Frank McCarthy

The American Magazine [v153 #3, March 1952] (cover by Walter Baumhofer) Details supplied by Steve Scott. Betrayed · John D. MacDonald · nv; illustrated by Thornton Utz The Man with 9 Toes · Margaret Scherf · na; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff Runaway Jinny · Nancy Shores · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka The Paper Dream · Cecilia Bartholomew · ss; illustrated by Tran Mawicke Wanted · Thomas Thompson · ss; illustrated by Thornton Utz Big Shot · Robert Craig · ss Final Edition · William Brandon · ss; illustrated by Martin Gulser The Perfect Fit · John & Evelyn Humphreys · ss; illustrated by Kurt Kinto

The American Magazine [v153 #4, April 1952] (cover by Peter Stevens) Details supplied by Steve Scott. "Victoria, My Wife" · Oscar Schisgall · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell The Talking Calf Murder · Hugh Pentecost · na; illustrated by John McClelland She Flew Through the Air · Charles Tazewell · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin Command Vengeance · John F. Wallace · ss; illustrated by Al Muenchen Wedding in Haiti · Hugh B. Cave · ss; illustrated by George Garland Inefficiency Expert · Ruth Harnden · ss; illustrated by Clyde Ross Power Man · John & Ward Hawkins · ss; illustrated by Julian Archer Finders Keepers · Herbert Dalmas · ss; illustrated by Harry Bennett

The American Magazine [v153 #5, May 1952] (cover photo) Details supplied by Steve Scott. Girl with a Past · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff Weapon of Fear · George Harmon Coxe · na; illustrated by Milton Wolsky Picture of Belinda · Hannah Smith · ss; illustrated by photos First Quarrel · Sarah & Ronald Morrisette · ss; illustrated by Lucia Star Witness · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1 1934; illustrated by James Bingham Live Wire · Charles T. Webb · ss; illustrated by Ed Gordon The Escape · Alice Eldridge · ss The Torn Invitation · Norman Katkov · ss; illustrated by Wesley Snyder

The American Magazine [v153 #6, June 1952] (35¢, quarto, cover by Ed Gordon) Details supplied by Steve Scott. Congress Wants to Hear from You · Jacob K. Javits · ar "My Kids Won’y Let Me" · Stu Erwin · ar How to Get Along in the Army · Curt Simmons · ar How You Can Both Rehearse for Parenthood · Vance Packard · ar Be a Back-yard Explorer · Edwin W. Teale · ar This Is Fifth Avenue · Roul Tunley · ar Their House Is Their Hobby · Clarence Woodbury · ar By the Way · [The Editor] · ed Double Feature in Alberta · Frank Lewis · ar Most Likely to Succeed · John W. McPherrin · ar Love Me Not · Gertrude Schweitzer · na; illustrated by Stan Klimley The Waiting Shadow · Helen McCloy · na; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea Sunshine Suzie · Rosalie F. Wilson · ss; illustrated by Wesley Snyder The Marriage Gift · Stewart Toland · ss; illustrated by John Clymer Philippine Play-Off · Norbert Fagan · ss I Am with You · Mary Knowles · ss; illustrated by Lynn Buckham Slowpoke · Robert Paterson · vi Two-Timers · Donald Sobol · vi; illustrated by Walter Richards

The American Magazine [v154 #1, July 1952] (cover photo) Details supplied by Steve Scott. The Lady of Ste. Angele · Phyllis Lee Peterson · ss; illustrated by Peter Stevens Murder Plays Through · Hugh Pentecost · nv; illustrated by James Bingham Princess Gigi · Isabella Taves · ss; illustrated by Phil Dormont Heritage · Frances Ancker & Cynthia Hope · ss; illustrated by John McClelland Code of Honor · Wyatt Blassingame · ss; illustrated by Robert Hilbert A Hand Held Out · Don Tracy · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka So Young—So Gay · Dorothy S. Phillips · ss; illustrated by Ray Price Success Story · Robert Hunt · ss; illustrated by John McDermott

The American Magazine [v154 #2, August 1952] (35¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. All My Friends Are Handsome · Grace S. Dixon · ar Put Yourself in the Slifer’s Place · Roul Tunley · ar Louisville Battles the Bulge · Vance Packard · ar Millions on the Move · James D. Edgett · ar Who’s Crying Now? · Jerome Beatty · ar Your Fall Ticket to Adventure · Wayne Amos · ar Don’t Give Up on Jughead! · Don Eddy · ar By the Way—What Could Be More Important Than 25 Cents · [The Editor] · ed Pomp and Pageantry in Italy · Frank Lewis · ar The South Is on the March · Steve King · ar Miracles of Silent Sound · Jack Long · ar It’s Up to Us · John W. McPherrin · ar The Cross-Eyed Cupid · Marjorie Carleton · na; illustrated by Tom Lovell Deadly Detour · Kelley Roos · nv; illustrated by Louis Glanzman A Wall Between · Katherine Roller · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin The Thin Thread · Don James · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer She Did It Wrong · Gina Allen · ss; illustrated by Morgan Kane Two Men On · Newlin B. Wildes · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka Award of Merit · Mary Knowles · vi; illustrated by Arnold Kohn Big Shy Guy · Charles T. Webb · vi; illustrated by Ed Gordon