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The American Magazine [v160 #2, August 1955] (Crowell-Collier, quarto, cover by Leo Aarons) Details from magawiki.com. By the Way—How Much Can You See? · [The Editor] · ed Thank You, America · Alexander Washchenko · ar A Husband Can’t Win! · Huntley Clover · ar How Ike Keeps Fit · Clarence Woodbury · ar They Make Your Hometown Safer · J. Edgar Hoover · ar The Amazing Secret of Walt Disney · Don Eddy · ar [Walt Disney]; illustrated. We Discovered Paris Through Its Markets · Charlotte & Denis Plimmer · ar Fall’s the Time to Build a Lawn · Bernard Gladstone · ar Best Vacation I Ever Had · Leonard Falkner · ar Escape to Paradise · Ware Torrey Budlong · n.; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka Ride with the Executioner · Charlotte Armstrong · nv; illustrated by George Garland The Cobweb Bridge · Marjorie Carleton · ss; illustrated by Ward Brackett Lady, Get Lost · John De Meyer · ss; illustrated by J. Frederick Smith Blaze of Glory · Walter Kaylin · ss; illustrated by Frank McCarthy Summer Serenade · James Robert · vi; illustrated by Maxine McCaffrey The Bride at Dead Soldier Spring · Oliver La Farge · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell Deception · Lydel Sims · vi

The American Magazine [v160 #3, September 1955] (Crowell-Collier, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. Dutch Honeymoon · Oscar Schisgall · n. Heiress to Murder · Gordon Gaskill · na A Lady in Love · Mary Stolz · ss Francesca’s Daughter · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss The Big Catch · Vic Whitman · vi Sailor’s Choice · Herbert Dalmas · ss Hannie · Alec Rackowe · ss

The American Magazine [v160 #4, October 1955] (35¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. By the Way— Behind These Pages · [The Editor] · ed Let’s Put Our Idle Teen-agers to Work · William G. Long · ar How to Travel with a Boy Friend · Kay Lane · ar Meet Hollywood’s Most Exciting Family · Al Stump · ar Machines That Talk Back at You · Joseph Cloyd · ar They Said We Couldn’t Adopt a Child · Hal Burton · ar My Trip to the Land of Giants · Don Eddy · ar For Growing Room— Look to Your Attic · Albert A. Ostrow · ar You Can See America in a Day · Peter Maas · ar What Have You Got to Swap? · Robb Sagandorph · ar The Game of Love · Ware Torrey Budlong · na Killer in Town · Lew Dietz · na Marriage Anyone? · Sarah & Ronald Morrisette · ss Light My Way · Frank Bennett · ss Tied to a Rainbow · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss The Brat · Dorothy S. Phillips · ss For the Love of Mike · James Robert · ss Misleading Lady · Walter S. Tevis, Jr. · vi

The American Magazine [v160 #5, November 1955] (Crowell-Collier, 35¢, 132pp+, quarto) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · [The Editors] · cl 8 · Movies of the Month · E. K. Zittell · mr 9 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl 12 · By the Way... a Pat on the Back from Terrence · [The Editor] · ed 13 · Why Don’t They? · [The Readers] · cl 14 · The Open Door · Anon. · cl 15 · Funny Side of the Street · Anon. · hu 17 · Trouble—It’s Wonderful · Danny Thomas · ar 20 · Is He the One? · Florence Jane Soman · ss 22 · What It Takes to Be a Big-Time Model · Charlotte Payne · ar 24 · The Second Mrs. Haskell · Hugh B. Cave · ss 26 · Are You Spoiling for a Fight? · Sylvan Gotshal · ar 28 · Man with a Torch · Haldane Campbell · ss 30 · Spotlight on Milton Eisenhower · Vance Packard · bg 32 · I Found the Closest Thing to Heaven · Hal Burton · ar 36 · Smart Cookie · Mary Knowles · ss 38 · Girl on the Run · Paul Ernst · nv 47 · America’s Interesting People · Anon. · cl [Elizabeth Strong Cowles; Clarissa Wheeler-Jones; Ian Forbes Fraser; James Fassett; Sandra Black; Laurie Farr; Eleanor Lansing Douglas; Samuel Rothbart; Larry Rothbart] 60 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct 69 · A Place for Every Toy · Albert A. Ostrow · ar 72 · Help for Your House · Gus Rogers · cl 74 · Now They’ve Done It! · Lawrence Galton · cl 76 · Private Punky · Anon. · ct 78 · Flaming Cookery in New Orleans · Don Eddy · ar 82 · Can You Do These Jobs? · Anon. · pz 84 · The Call of the Old West · Leonard Falkner · ar 100 · Quick on the Draw · James D. Lucey · vi 104 · Globe-Trotting Trudy · Anon. · ms 106 · Day of Glory · Raymond J. Brown · ss 110 · How Not to Sell a House · Roger Dove · ar 119 · Immune to Murder [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv

The American Magazine [v160 #6, December 1955] (Crowell-Collier, 35¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. fc. · [photo] · Howard Zieff · cv New Facts About the Weather · Jack Long · ar Could You Answer the $64,000 Question? · Hal March · ar Your New Dream Car · Siler Freeman · ar Christmas All Year Round · Grace Nies Fletcher · ar Don’t Try to Reform Your Husband · Shirley Bolt · ar Toward the Land of Milk and Honey · Robert Deardorff · ar I’m Glad I’m Alive · Floyd J. Pemberton · ar Papa Christmas · Fredric March · ar Cuba’s Isle of Pines · Joseph Cloyd · ar Wizard with a Million Voices · Frederick G. Brownell · ar Love Will Be a Little Late · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na Terror Trap · Mignon G. Eberhart · na Shady Lady · Leslie Hall · ss Romance of the Year · Muriel Roy Bolton · ss That Miracle in Spain · Marion Valensi · ss Holiday Hearts · James Robert · vi A Touch of Tenderness · Victoria Case · ss

The American Magazine [v161 #1, January 1956] (35¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. Love Bound · Gertrude Schweitzer · na; illustrated by Walter Skor The Smiling Victim · Hugh Pentecost · na; illustrated by James Bingham Round and Round We Go · Edward S. Fox · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin Who Needs Amy Hoffer? · Harriet Frank, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Lucia Wife for Sale · Stewart Toland · ss; illustrated by John Clymer Cautious Redhead · Oscar Schisgall · vi; illustrated by Charles Binger

The American Magazine [v161 #2, February 1956] (35¢, quarto, cover by Paul D’ome Studios) Details taken from eBay listing. ARTICLES: 5 Ways You Can Work for Peace · Harold E. Stassen · ar By Piggyback Way Across America · Evan McLeod Wylie · ar A Movie Star Who Acts Like One · Al Stump · ar; about Dolores Gray. I Invent My Own Diseases · Don Harold · ar Is Anybody Really Honest? · Vance Packard · ar This Is Brooklyn? · Frank Lewis · ar Brighten your Floors with Tile · Bernard Gladstone · ar We Learned to Ski in Self-Defense · Ozzie Sweet · ar NOVELS: Forbidden Woman · Alec Rockowe · n.; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka The Cloth-of-Gold Murders · Baynard Kendrick · na; illustrated by James Meese STORIES: Maid in Manhattan · Jerrold Beim · ss Girl with a Passing Fancy · Willard Temple · ss; illustrated by Mac Conner Frantic Frontier · Mosser Mauger · ss; illustrated by Bob Myers Assingment: Treason · Richard Stern · ss; illustrated by George Hughes Lady from Heaven · Oscar Schisgall · vi

The American Magazine [v161 #3, March 1956] (35¢, 136pp, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. Walk My Way · Ted Ware · n. The Waiting Bullet · John Rhodes Sturdy · n. Springtime in Paris · Peg Bracken · ss See You in Court! · Arthur Myers · ss Lonesome Lover · Marjorie McIntyre · ss Real Gone Guy · William Scott · ss As the Saying Goes · Leslie Hall · ss

The American Magazine [v161 #4, April 1956] (35¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. The Image of Sharon · Josephine Bentham · n. Essence of Murder · Peter Ordway · na The Real Me · Ruth Henning · ss Emergency Call · John Ehle · ss Doghouse for Two · B. M. Atkinson, Jr. · ss Petticoat Pilgrims · Gordon Gaskill · ss The Red Wagon · Leon Ware · vi

The American Magazine [v161 #5, May 1956] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 35¢, 132pp+, quarto) Paul C. Smith, ed.-in-chief. Details supplied by Ira Matetsky. 2 · Picture of the Month · Anon. · mr 4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · [The Readers] · lc 8 · Movies of the Month · E. K. Zittell · mr 10 · Funny Side of the Street · Arthur Lansing · hu 12 · The Open Door · [The Readers] · cl 14 · Platters Up · Anon. · ms [Peggy King] 15 · Why Don’t They? · [The Readers] · cl 17 · Do You Have a Legal Will? · Jerome Beatty · ar 18 · This Is Love · Stewart Toland · ss; illustrated by Morgan Kane 20 · Oral Roberts—King of the Faith Healers · John Kobler · bg 22 · Jenny and the Big Bad Wolf · Ruth Henning · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff 24 · Ed Sullivan · Jack Long · bg 26 · Toughest School in the World · Clarence Woodbury · ar 30 · New Cure for Sick Marriages · Vance Packard · ar 32 · The Most Important Man · Carl Guldager · ss; illustrated by Peter Stevens 34 · 1000 Isles of Fun · John Keats · ar 37 · Beloved Survivor · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na; illustrated by Tom Lovell 43 · America’s Interesting People · Anon. · cl [Lorraine Washington; Christinme Sifneou; Rep. John D. Dingell, Jr.; Lorrain D’Essen; May Davenport Seymour; Stanley Adams; Joe Frisa; Gladys Hoene; Bill Mitchell] 54 · [cartoon] · Bill Harrison · ct 56 · [cartoon] · John Gallagher · ct 63 · Basement Playroom at Little Cost · Rod M. Emery · ar 66 · Help for Your House · Gus Rogers · cl 68 · Now They’ve Done It! · Lawrence Galton · cl 69 · Now You Can Build a Multipurpose Garage · Anon. · cl 71 · [cartoon] · Joey Oakes · ct 74 · [cartoon] · Roy Wilson · ct 76 · Little Expectations · Herb Green · ct 78 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · Lawrence Galton · cl 82 · [cartoon] · A. Cramer · ct 84 · It’s the Law · Dick Hyman · cl; illustrated by O. Soglow 86 · Have You Really Been Around? · Frank Lewis · qz 94 · Let’s Make Fiesta · Le Grand Henderson · ss; illustrated by Andy Virgil 98 · Are You a Good Marriage Risk? · Anon. · ms 106 · It Never Happens... · Walter Goldstein · ct 107 · Earth Was Their Book · Jesse Stuart · ar 110 · Private Punky · Norman Hoifjeld · ct 111 · [cartoon] · Kirk Stiles · ct 112 · Where’s Molly Muldoon · Jeanne Bender · vi 115 · [cartoon] · Leo Garel · ct 116 · [cartoon] · Gustav Lundberg · ct 117 · Nero Wolfe and the Vanishing Clue [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; published in book form as A Window for Death.; illustrated by Alex Ross

The American Magazine [v161 #6, June 1956] (35¢, 128pp, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. 9 to 5 Wife · Oscar Schisgall · n. Trail of the Vulture · Hugh Pentecost · n. A Millionaire for Kate · George Sumner Albee · ss Too Young to Know · Kermit Shelby · ss The Most Beautiful Attic in the World · Mary McSherry · ss Hiding Place · Leslie Hall · ss Good Morning Stranger · Cecile Gilmore · ss

The American Magazine [v162 #1, July 1956] (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, quarto) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. fc. · [photo] · Ozzie Sweet · cv 4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · [The Readers] · lc 6 · America’s Birth Certificates · Anon. · ar 8 · Movies of the Month · [Misc.] · mr 10 · The Open Door · [Misc.] · cl 11 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · [Misc.] · cl 12 · DISCussion · [Misc.] · cl 13 · Funny Side of the Street · Anon. · hu 15 · My Heart Attack Taught Me How to Live · U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson · ar 18 · Orchids and Pink Champagne · Leslie Hall · ss 20 · From Farm Boy to TV Dance King · Cameron Shipp · ar 22 · Morgan Comes Home · Mary Van Fossen Schwab · ss 24 · Capital Foods! · Vance Packard · ar 27 · What Janey Wants, Janey Gets · Rebecca Shallit · ss 28 · Dali Is a Dilly · Henry LaCossitt · ar [Salvador Dalí] 30 · Your Dog Can Be a Rin Tin Tin · Lee Duncan · ar 32 · The Invisible Umpire · Willard Temple · ss 34 · On the Road to Utopia · Don Eddy · ar 38 · Just Before the Wedding · Ware Torrey Budlong · na 42 · Interesting People · Anon. · cl 58 · Ride the Carousel · [Misc.] · ms 62 · It’s the Law! · [Misc.] · ct 67 · All in the Family · [Misc.] · cl 69 · Be a “Safety Sam” in Your Workshop · Albert A. Ostrow · ar 72 · Help for Your House · [Misc.] · cl 72 · Patterns—Build It Yourself—for Better Summer Living · [Misc.] · ms 74 · Now They’ve Done It! · [Misc.] · cl 88 · Bear Mountain Weekend · Peter Maas · ar 90 · Why Don’t They? · [Misc.] · cl 94 · Globe-Trotting Trudy · [Misc.] · ms 100 · Captain Contrary · John Walters · vi 103 · Directory of Schools and Colleges · [Misc.] · cl 113 · Murder Flies High · H. Vernor Dixon · na

The American Magazine [v162 #2, August 1956] (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, quarto, cover by Phil Dormont) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. 4 · Letters Across the Editors’ Desks · [The Readers] · lc 6 · Movies of the Month · [Misc.] · mr 10 · The Open Door · [Misc.] · cl 12 · Funny Side of the Street · Anon. · hu 13 · Why Don’t They? · [Misc.] · cl 15 · What America Means to Me · J. Hugo Aronson · ar 18 · There She Goes Again · Leslie Hall · ss 22 · A Teenage Dream Comes True · Jack Long · ar 26 · School Crisis in Dixie! · Virginius Dabney · ar 31 · The Guilty Hour · Miriam Cavanaugh · ss 33 · Let’s Take the Mystery Out of Cooking · Rex Stout · ar 37 · For Olivia, My Wife · Gertrude Schweitzer · na 43 · Interesting People · Anon. · cl 54 · Crazy Over Horses · Walter Kaylin · ss 60 · Grand Prize · Gordon Gaskill · vi 64 · His Best Friends Are Monkeys · Vance Packard · ar 72 · Today’s Fabulous Figures · [Misc.] · cl 76 · Kangaroo Words · [Misc.] · pz 77 · It’s the Law! · [Misc.] · ct 78 · Keys to Happiness · Wyatt Blassingame · ar 82 · The Exploiter · Edwin T. Connell · vi 84 · Now They’ve Done It! · [Misc.] · cl 87 · Help for Your House · [Misc.] · cl 88 · What Goes Into Your Car · Anon. · ar 93 · Directory of Schools and Colleges · [Misc.] · cl 98 · Private Punky [Punky] · Anon. · ct 101 · The Girl Who Saw Too Much · Holly Roth · na

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The American Mercury [v1, #1, January 1924] Details supplied by Grant Thiessen. 8 · Four Poems · Theodore Dreiser · gp _ · The Little Flowers of Love and Wonder · Theodore Dreiser · pm _ · Proteus · Theodore Dreiser · pm _ · For a Moment the Wind Died · Theodore Dreiser · pm _ · Take Hands · Theodore Dreiser · pm 11 · Stephen Crane · Carl Van Doren · ar 15 · Four Generations · Ruth Suckow · ss 39 · Mr. Moore and Mr. Chew · Samuel C. Chew · pl 85 · Weaver’s Tale · John McClure · ss 123 · Once More, the Immortals · James Branch Cabell · rv

The American Mercury [v1, #2, February 1924] ed. H. L. Mencken & George Jean Nathan (Alfred A. Knopf) Fiction only. Details taken from eBay listing. All God’s Chillun Got Wings · Eugene O’Neill · pl 165 · Caught · Sherwood Anderson · ss 196 · American Portraits, 1: The Labor Leader · James M. Cain · ar