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The American Magazine [v156 #2, August 1953] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 144pp+, quarto, cover by Lonie Bee) Details supplied by Ira Matetsky. 2 · Picture of the Month · Anon. · cl 4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · [The Readers] · lc 6 · By the Way... · [The Editor] · ed 8 · Movies of the Month · Anon. · mr 10 · Radio—TV—Records · L. T. · cl 15 · My Brother Eddie [Eddie Higgins] · Hazel Higgins Bernstein · bg 16 · One-Night Stand · Spain Sire · nv; illustrated by Al Moore 18 · What I’ve Learned About Men · Rosalind Russell · ar 20 · Everybody Hates the Yankees · John Lardner · ar; illustrated by Willard Mullin 22 · Day in the Sun · Mary Knowles · ss; illustrated by William Jacobson 24 · Noah Had the Right Idea · Jack Long · ar 26 · Why We Need Russia in the U.N. · Roul Tunley · ar 28 · Doubles for Love · A. E. Hotchner · ss; illustrated by Al Buell 30 · Terror Mountain · Hugh B. Cave · ss; illustrated by George Garland 32 · Everything Is Hyggelig in Scandinavia · Wayne Amos · ar 36 · Elusive Bride · Jean MacKeagan · vi; illustrated by Paul Burns 38 · Meet the Roy Rogers Family [Dale Evans] · Al Stump · bg 40 · Religion’s Super Salesman [Chuck Templeton] · Edward Boyd · bg 42 · Hurricane Honeymoon · Joseph Laurance Marx · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff 47 · America’s Interesting People · Anon. · cl [Margaret Dekoe; Bruce Gregory; James C. Hagerty; Jerry Ball; Col. Irene Galloway; Sándor Szabó; Dr. Herbert Jones; Joan Trott; Douglas Brown; Howard Maynard; Dr. George Kelling; Debi Alexander; Bill Carlisle] 61 · [cartoon] · Stan Fine · ct 62 · Why Don’t They? · [The Readers] · cl 64 · [cartoon] · Harry Mace · ct 66 · Had Your Vowels Ground Lately? · Frank M. Swartz, Jr. · pz 70 · It Never Happens... · Walter Goldstein · ct 72 · Help for Your House · Gus Rogers · cl 74 · [cartoon] · Ed Nofziger · ct 76 · Funny Side of the Street · Arthur Lansing · hu 79 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · cl; illustrated by O. Soglow 84 · [cartoon] · Charles Sharman · ct 88 · [cartoon] · Charles Skiles · ct 94 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl 96 · [cartoon] · Roy L. Fox · ct 98 · Underground Enchantment · Glenn Johnston · ar 102 · [cartoon] · Ted Key · ct 104 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence Galton · cl 105 · [cartoon] · Ned Hilton · ct 110 · [cartoon] · Ben Roth · ct 115 · [cartoon] · Ted Key · ct 123 · The Open Door · Anon. · cl 126 · [cartoon] · John Dempsey · ct 128 · Will to Murder [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; later published in Three Men Out as “Invitation to Murder” (not the same story as in the April 1942 issue).; illustrated by Thornton Utz 133 · [cartoon] · Lafe Locke · ct 138 · [cartoon] · Edwin Lepper · ct 144 · Private Schools for the Public · [The Publisher] · ed

The American Magazine [v156 #3, September 1953] (35¢, quarto, cover by Morgan Kane) Details taken from eBay listing. By the Way · [The Editor] · ed Let’s Stop Picking on the President · Hugh Scott · ar Michigan Avenue—Main Street of Mid-America · Roul Tunley · ar How to Make $10,000 a Year · Royce G. Martin · ar The Man Who Blew Up the Movies · Edward Boyd · ar Diamonds in the Meatballs · Don Eddy · ar Wine Comes to the Family Table · John Carleton · ar Miracles in the Desert · Gordon Gaskill · ar Live Like a King in Portugal · Miriam Troop · ar Out of this World · Wayne Amos · ar A Nation of Neighborhoods · John W. McPherrin · ar The Love Traitor · Ann E. Williams · na; illustrated by Peter Stevens One Victim Too Many · Kelley Roos · na Scandal at Ste. Angele · Phyllis L. Peterson · ss; illustrated by George Hughes A Witch in the Heather · Robert Meyer · ss; illustrated by Roy Price Three Men and a Girl · Anne West · ss; illustrated by Paul Burns The Good Sport · Donna Geyer · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin Lovable Guy · Edwin T. Connell · vi; illustrated by Victor Kalin That Blonde! · W. L. Heath · vi; illustrated by Roswell Keller

The American Magazine [v156 #4, October 1953] (25¢, quarto, cover by Morgan Kane) Details taken from eBay listing. By the Way: Without Change There Is Never Progress · [The Editor] · ed What’s Wrong with Social Security · John F. Kennedy · ar The Man Who Made a Mountain Out of Sex · Clarence W. Hall · ar The Love Life of Mr. Peepers · Jack Long · ar Make Way for the Iron Men! · Harold “Red” Grange · ar It Pays to Love Your Neighbor · Al Stump · ar Somebody Wants Your Car · Robert J. Bohaty · ar Aloha Days in Hawaii · Charles Albertson · ar Your Reputation—What’s It Worth? · John W. McPherrin · ar The Men in Her Life · Sarah E. Rodger · na Murder Goes Underground · Hugh Pentecost · na My Brother’s Wife · Dorothy S. Phillips · ss The Bride Wore Spurs · Peggy S. Curry · ss Mr. Budcup’s Castle · Ed McNamara · ss The Cheat · James Robert · vi Dreamboat · Jane Sughrue · vi Sissy Stuff · Lucy Cundiff · vi

The American Magazine [v156 #5, November 1953] (35¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. By the Way—More Fun “Doing” than “Watching” · [The Editor] · ed Don’t Let Your Parents Teach You to Drive · Amos E. Neyhart · ar If I Were 21 · A. vanderZee · ar Wail— and Get Wealthy · Jerome Beatty · ar New Easy Ways to Brighten Up Your Home · William Rose · ar It’s No Crime to Pawn Your Watch · Roul Tunley · ar Whooping It Up with the Redskins · Don Eddy · ar A Thanksgiving I’ll Never Forget · Leonard Falkner · ar We Grow Younger · John W. McPherrin · ar Half a Wedding Ring · Oscar Schisgall · na The Body in the Bayou · Wyatt Blassingame · na Love Bug · Lois Montross · ss A Man to Hold · Stewart Toland · ss Romantic Fumble · Herbert Dalmas · ss Stand-in Father · Grant Kramer · ss The Truce · William Sambrot · vi

The American Magazine [v156 #6, December 1953] (35¢, quarto, cover by Paul Burns) Details taken from eBay listing. By the Way · [The Editor] · ed Everybody’s Getting on the Bandwagon · Leonard Falkner · ar America Rediscovers Its Hands · Phil Creden · ar How to Get Along with Your Relatives · James F. Bender, Ph.D. · ar Jack Dempsey—the Toughest “Mother” I Know · Al Stump · ar Romance on the River · Don Eddy · ar The Old Heaps Are Hot · James Melton · ar Luxembourgh—the Greatest Little Country on Earth · Miriam Troop · ar ...Let Nothing You Dismay! · John W. McPherrin · ar Forbidden Dreams · Lawrence Williams · na Scared to Death [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Love Charm · Phyllis L. Peterson · ss Plain Girls Are Dynamite · Richard Stern · ss The Christmas Heart · Faith Baldwin · ss The Boy Who Stole Pennies · Jo Sinclair · ss Split-Up · Violet Wolfson · vi His Wife’s Fiance · Herbert Dalmas · vi

The American Magazine [v157 #1, January 1954] (cover by Peter Stevens) Details supplied by Steve Scott. Wrong Kind of Girl · Max Hampton · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer Voice of the Idol · Oscar Schisgall · ss; illustrated by John Northcross Hungry Heart · Harriet Frank, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Morgan Kane Blonde with a Bluff · Cynthia Hope & Frances Ancker · ss; illustrated by Tom Dunn The Coldriver Conspiracy · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by Thornton Utz One Woman’s Price · Gertrude Schweitzer · ss; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea Murder East of Cairo · Gordon Gaskill · na; illustrated by James Bingham Pink Is for Girls · James Robert · ss; illustrated by Frank Ingoglia

The American Magazine [v157 #2, February 1954] (35¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. By the Way - Here’s How I Bought a New Car · [The Editor] · ed Why Not Take In Washing? · Don Budge · ar Whose Income Tax Are You Paying? · T. Coleman Andrews · ar What’s Wrong with the G.O.P.? · Clarence Budington Kelland · ar I’ve Got a Secret! · Garry Moore · ar Powell Street: The Spirit of San Francisco · Roul Tunley · ar Electrical Repairs Made Easy · Walt Fischman · ar A Few Basic Tools Will Start a Workshop · Walt Durbahn · ar Sunny Sicily · Marvin Barrett · ar It’s American to Do It Yourself! · John W. McPherrin · ar That Woman in Red · Margaret Culkin Banning · na A Valentine for the Victim · Stuart Palmer · na Husband Guaranteed · Hannah Smith · ss The First Winter · Stewart Toland · ss The Gorgeous Risk · Nora Riley · ss One Man to a Marriage · Scott Young · vi Toss Him in the Brig · Richard Howells Watkins · ss Temper! Temper! · Bernice Daniel · vi

The American Magazine [v157 #3, March 1954] (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company; New York, 144pp+, quarto, cover by Arthur Sarnoff) Details supplied by Ira Matetsky. 4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · [The Readers] · lt 8 · Movies of the Month · Larry Thomas · mr 10 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl 12 · By the Way: Our Most Precious Possession · [The Editor] · ed 14 · I Meet the World’s Most Innocent People · Judge Le Roy Dawson · ar 21 · How to Fatten Your Family’s Fortune · G. M. Loeb · ar 22 · Trailer Bride · Jean DeWitt Fitz · ss; illustrated by Thornton Utz 26 · Television’s Hidden Heroes · Jerome Beatty · ar 28 · Never Step Back · John Richard Young · ss; illustrated by John Clymer 31 · He Built His Life on a Pattern [Donald R. Brann] · Clarence Woodbury · bg 34 · Through with Women · Mary Van Fossen Schwab · ss; illustrated by George Garland 36 · The Million-Dollar Shiner · William Porter · ss; illustrated by Robert Bugg 38 · Let’s Go to the Ozarks · Don Eddy · ar 42 · A Stranger to Love · Alec Hackowe · nv; illustrated by J. Frederick Smith 46 · Who Am I? · Stewart Toland · ss; illustrated by David Berger 49 · Interesting People · Anon. · cl [Marie McNamara; Harold S. Lincoln; Enrico Pastori; Ashley Alexander; Carl O. Marty, Jr.; Joe Mercurio; Arthur Maisel; Helen Cannon; Terry Plummer; Allan Silliphant; Charles J. Dauray; Mona Munch] 65 · Now They’ve Done It! · Lawrence Galton · cl 66 · How to Put It Together · Walt Durbahn · ar 70 · Welding Words · Ben L. O’Dell · pz 72 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · cl; illustrated by O. Soglow 76 · [cartoon] · Al Kaufman · ct 78 · [cartoon] · Fred Levinson · ct 80 · Why Don’t They? · [The Readers] · cl 83 · [cartoon] · Frank Ridgeway · ct 88 · [cartoon] · Evan D. Diamond · ct 94 · [cartoon] · Jack O’Brien · ct 102 · [cartoon] · David Lucas · ct 106 · “One Turk Can Like 10 Russians” · Gordon Gaskill · ar 116 · [cartoon] · Don Tobin · ct 118 · The Open Door · Anon. · cl 120 · [cartoon] · Bob Schroeter · ct 122 · [cartoon] · Halston Jones · ct 125 · A Date with Spring · Leo Russell · vi; illustrated by Frank Ingoglia 127 · [cartoon] · Burr Schaefer · ct 129 · Murder Comes to the Fair · Hugh Pentecost · na; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer 144 · You Get What You Pay For · John W. McPherrin · ar

The American Magazine [v157 #4, April 1954] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company; New York, 136pp+, quarto, cover by Bob Hilbert) Details supplied by Ira Matetsky. 4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · [The Readers] · lt 8 · The Open Door · Anon. · cl 10 · By the Way · [The Editor] · ed 12 · Movies of the Month · E. K. Zittell · mr 14 · How to Predict Your Youngsters’ Behavior · Walter Weir · ar 21 · Big Things Ahead! · Harry L. Fisher, Ph.D. · ar 22 · Launch That Dreamboat · Dorothy Karr · ss; illustrated by Paul Burns 26 · Are Charity Drives Driving You Crazy · Joseph Donaldson · ar; illustrated by Louis Glanzman 28 · See London for 11 Cents · Charlotte & Denis Plimmer · ar 32 · Be Mean to Me · Elizabeth Stowe · ss; illustrated by Hy Rubin 34 · Too Old for Dolls · Ben & Ann Pinchot · ss; illustrated by John Fernie 37 · Don’t Let Your Plumbing Problems Get You Down · Vance Packard · ar 40 · He Makes People Like Him [Dave Garroway] · Jerome Beatty · bg 42 · Tarnished · Ware Torrey Budlong · nv; illustrated by Thornton Utz 46 · Winner’s Choice · Isabel Stewart Way · ss; illustrated by John Cullen Murphy 49 · Interesting People · Anon. · cl [Robert Wilkins; Joe Fletcher; Helen Hamper; Elliot Crane; Harry C. Nash; Naomi Lorne; John Vining; Virginia Powell; Coral Lorenzen; Tommy High; Mary Helms; Myrtrice Helms; Rev. James Friedrich]] 60 · Oh, That Look! · Claire Wallis · vi 63 · Help for Your House · Gus Rogers · cl 65 · Now They’ve Done It! · Lawrence Galton · cl 66 · What You Should Know About Lumber · Walt Durbahn · ar 70 · [cartoon] · John Gallagher · ct 72 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · cl; illustrated by O. Soglow 74 · [cartoon] · Mary Gibbon · ct 76 · What’s His Name · Ann Mounteer · pz 78 · [cartoon] · Stan Fine · ct 82 · [cartoon] · Martin Filchock · ct 86 · Why Don’t They? · [The Readers] · cl 88 · [cartoon] · Jack O’Brien · ct 94 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl 96 · [cartoon] · Jeffrey J. Monahan · ct 98 · They’re Music-Mad in Trinidad · Jack Long · ar 104 · [cartoon] · Walt Wetterberg · ct 110 · [cartoon] · Jam · ct 112 · [cartoon] · Dave Hirsch · ct 119 · [cartoon] · Herb Williams · ct 121 · Make Believe It’s Murder · Wyatt Blassingame · na; illustrated by James Bingham 125 · [cartoon] · Roy L. Fox · ct 133 · [cartoon] · Gustav Lundberg · ct 134 · Funny Side of the Street · Anon. · hu 136 · Welcome to Our New Readers · John W. McPherrin · ar

The American Magazine [v157 #5, May 1954] (35¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. They Won Their Fight for Better Schools · [Misc.] · ms A Widow Might · Phyllis Duganne · ss; illustrated by Paul Burns The Secret Place · Lawrence Earl · ss; illustrated by Nat Youngblood Family Fugitives: Why Millions Run Away from Home · [Misc.] · ar The Summer Enjoyment Move Outdoors · Robert Scharff · ar Freckle Speckled Cutie · David Horne · ss Born Bad · Marjorie McIntyre · ss; illustrated by Barbara Schwinn Down East Adventure · Vance Packard · ss There’s a Time for Love · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka A Machine Named Mildred · Dorothy Les Tina · ss; illustrated by Robert Bugg America’s Interesting People: George McSherry, Robb Sagendorph, Grace Earle, Tim McAuliffe, Sybil Wong, J. Stan Surber, Mrs. Esther Manz, Dr. Frank BAxter, Rev Gerald Bonney, Glenn Cartyle, Betty Finnin, E. J. Knapp · Anon. · cl Big City Boat Ride · Jack Newcombehe · ss Turns Lemons Into Grapefruit: William Zeckendorf · Edward Boyd · ar When a Man Murders [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; illustrated by Thornton Utz

The American Magazine [v157 #6, June 1954] (35¢, quarto, cover by Don Winslow) Details taken from eBay listing. By the Way · [The Editor] · ed Wanted: Young Men for Top-Salary Jobs · Wallace Jamie · ar From Scratch to Finish · Leonard Falkner · ar Everybody Picks on Benson · Roul Tunley · ar We Rediscovered the Rhine · Charlotte & Denis Plimmer · ar He Took the Hard Road to Fame · Ed Fitzgerald & Al Stump · ar Your Health Insurance—Will It Pay All the Bills? · Albert Q. Maisel · ar The Safest Place to Drive · Roger Dove & Robert Ficks · ar What You Should Know About Wallboard · Walt Durbahn · ar Cooperstown—Where Heroes Live Again · John Leonard · ar Your Market Value · John W. McPherrin · ar Talk of the Town · Nelia G. White · na The Accidental Murders · Peter Ordway · na Two in a Tent · Hallie S. Burnett · ss Husband in Reserve · James Robert · vi Her First Wedding · Dorothy S. Phillips · ss Let’s Bury the Hatchet · Nard Jones · ss Blood on the Sun · Thomas Thompson · ss