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The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #15, October 8, 1949] (15¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by John Clymer) Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 19 · Now I Have a Son · C. E. Scoggins · nv 22 · The Du Ponts [Part 1 of 5] · William S. Dutton · ar 24 · Too Many Beautiful Women · Steve McNeil · ss 26 · Now They’re Exploring the Brain · Milton Silverman · ar 28 · Everybody’s Happy on Capri · Martha Gellhorn · ar 30 · The Secret Room · Naomi Lane Babson · ss 31 · My Marriage Is a Grammatical Error · John R. Cassidy · ar 32 · Can the Rackets Recapture Missori? · Joe Alex Morris · ar 34 · Reconnaissance Patrol · Clifton Adams · ss 36 · I Saw the Russians Snooping [Part 2 of 2] · Jack Roberts & Beverly Smith · ar 37 · First Affair · Jack Daniels · ss 38 · Michigan’s Unexpected Hero · Walter W. Ruch · ar 40 · Station-Wagon College · Robert M. Yoder · ar 42 · Jack of Swords [Part 2 of 5] · Gerald Kersh · nv 46 · Homicide House [Part 3 of 7; Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · sl

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #16, October 15, 1949] (15¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Thornton Utz) Details taken from eBay listing. An Ornery Kind of Kid · William Saroyan · ss No Secrets Are Safe · Joseph Weehsberg · ss The Man Who Said No to the King · Scott Young · ss My Darling, Foolish Daughter · Phyllis Duganne · ss Call to Adventure · MacKinlay Kantor · nv The Stupidest Russian in Europe (Sergei Tulpanov) · James P. O’Donnell · ar Glasses Will Get You Yet · Arthur W. Baum · ar Her Half-Billion-Dollar Shape · Pete Martin · ar Stanford’s Storybook Coach · Keith Monroe · ar This Way Lies Peace · Gen. Omar Bradley (as told to Beverly Smith) · ar My Annual War with Leaves · Ralph Knight · ar The Du Ponts [Part 2 of 5] · William S. Dutton · ar See What They’re Doing to Lilies! · Frank J. Taylor · ar Jack of Swords [Part 3 of 5] · Gerald Kersh · nv Homicide House [Part 4 of 7; Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · sl

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #17, October 22, 1949] (10½" x 13½", cover by Stevan Dohanos) Details taken from eBay listing. My Unsuspecting Bride · Allan Paris · ss It’s a Man’s World After All · Jay Wilson · ss The Failure · Charles Mercer · ss The Woman Who Wouldn’t Run · Hugh B. Cave · ss The Truth About the Klan Today · Harold H. Martin · ar Stop That Shoplifter · Stewart Sterling · ar Kids Will Swallow Anything · Rufus Jarman · ar Jack of Swords [Part 4 of 5] · Gerald Kersh · nv Homicide House [Part 5 of 7; Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · sl

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #18, October 29, 1949] (15¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Albert Staehle) Details taken from eBay listing. The Jilted Gentleman · Phyllis Duganne · ss We Open Tonight · Bill Gulick · ss The Kidnaped Quarterback · William R. Scott · ss Terror at Daybreak · Paul Horgan · nv Jack of Swords [Part 5 of 5] · Gerald Kersh · nv Homicide House [Part 6 of 7; Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · sl

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #19, November 5, 1949] (15¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 17 · The Doctor of Unknown Island [Part 1 of 4] · David Divine · sl 20 · Look Ma! There Goes Our House · Victor Boesen · ar 22 · Tracks West · Donald Culross Peattie · ar 24 · Illusion of Youth · Virginia Faulkner · ss 25 · Russia’s Triple Crisis · Ellsworth Raymond · ar 26 · The Faded Charm · Michael Foster · ss 28 · Georgia Plays for Keeps · Fred Russell & Guy Tiller · ar 30 · The Du Ponts [Part 5 of 5] · William S. Dutton · ar 31 · Riot Call · Norman Katkov · ss 32 · Are Five-Per-Centers Necessary? · Kermit Roosevelt · ar 34 · The Argument with Death · Frank O’Rourke · ss 36 · What a Beating Our Gilders Took! · Robert F. Hills · ar 38 · The College That Grew Up Overnight · Henry F. & Katharine Pringle · ar 43 · Homicide House [Part 7 of 7; Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · sl

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #20, November 12, 1949] (15¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Stevan Dohanos) Listing from Collyer Bros. Vintage Magazines and Advertising. 22 · The Innocent Buccaneer [Part 1 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl 26 · The Rebellious Age · Harold Montanye · ss 30 · The Woman Hater · Steve McNeil · ss 34 · Anxious Night · David Lamson · ss 37 · Collision Course · Peter Dollar · ss 42 · The Doctor of Unknown Island [Part 2 of 4] · David Divine · sl

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #21, November 19, 1949] (15¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by George Hughes) Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 19 · Dictator in Sheep’s Clothing · Samuel Lubell · ar 22 · Cornered · Robert Carse · ss 24 · My Three Years in Moscow: Housekeeping Headaches in a Police State [Part 2 of ?] · Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith · ar 26 · They Love It at Sun-Tan U · Harold H. Martin · ar 28 · Summer Affair · Kenneth Payson Kempton · ss 29 · Purity Dies at Pitt · Harry T. Paxton · ar 30 · You Get Only One Chance · Paul Ellerbe · ss 32 · I’d Rather Be Dead · Gordon Q. Vanell, M.D. (as told to William Stevens) · ar 33 · The Boiling Point · Richard Stern · ss 34 · Lady, Take That Casserole Away! · Joseph Alsop · ar 36 · Trouble Is Their Business · Marshall B. Davenport · ar 38 · The Doctor of Unknown Island [Part 3 of 4] · David Divine · sl 40 · Dining Off the Rainbow · Frank J. Taylor · ar 42 · The Innocent Buccaneer [Part 2 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #22, November 26, 1949] (15¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Stevan Dohanos) Details taken from eBay listing. Challenge the Tempest · Jacland Marmur · ss The Camouflaged Crime · Dale Curran · ss One Divorce Is Enough · Norman Katkov · ss The Odds on Murder · William MacHarg · ss My Wonderful Uncle Levi · Franklin F. Gould · ss My Three Years in Moscow: Why the Russian People Don’t Rebel · Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith · ar He Refused to Be Smeared by Pearson · Kenneth G. Crawford · ar The Red Rape of Albania · Ernest O. Hauser · ar The Ballyhoo Boys of Football · Al Stump · ar They’re Training a New Kind of Parson · Hartzell Spence · ar It’s a Great Place for Birds · [Misc.] · ar The Doctor of Unknown Island [Part 4 of 4] · David Divine · sl The Innocent Buccaneer [Part 3 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #23, December 3, 1949] (180pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by John Falter) Details taken from eBay listing. It’s Me Darling—Your Husband! · Michael Fessier · ss Espionage Express · Robinson MacLean · ss With Half Her Heart · Michael Foster · ss Touchdown Crazy · William Fay · ss A Thousand Miles an Hour · Walt Grove · ss Vengeance Valley [Part 1 of 7] · Luke Short · sl The Innocent Buccaneer [Part 4 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl I Fell for the Foot Lights · William Hazlett Upson · ar Their Heads Are in the Russian Bear’s Mouth · Demaree Bess · ar 44 · This Wonderful World: The Toucan · Ogden Nash · pm 44 · This Wonderful World: The Hamster · Ogden Nash · pm 44 · This Wonderful World: The Platypus · Ogden Nash · pm 44 · This Wonderful World: The Toucan · Ogden Nash · pm

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #24, December 10, 1949] (15¢, 10½" x 13½") Details taken from eBay listing. 20 · Spies Are Shot at Dawn · Sigman Byrd · ss 24 · Amateur Angel · Cecily Teague Crowe · ss 31 · The Christmas Racket · Jim & Allan Bosworth · ss 34 · The Uncertain Heiress · Isak Dinesen · ss 40 · Vengeance Valley [Part 2 of 7] · Luke Short · sl 45 · The Innocent Buccaneer [Part 5 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #25, December 17, 1949] (15¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by John Clymer) Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 17 · Our Youngsters Don’t Have to Be Killers · Sidney Shalett & Henry C. McFadyen · ar 20 · Pilgrims of the Storm · Eddy Orcutt · ss 22 · Dick Tracy’s Boss · Robert M. Yoder · ar 24 · How to Get Married · Steve McNeil · ss 25 · Let’s Give Pop a Wooden Leg · Henry F. & Katharine Pringle · ar 26 · My Three Years in Moscow: What Really Happened at the Moscow Conference [Part 2 of 8] · Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith · ar 28 · Intruders for Tea · Gerald Kersh · ss 30 · Britain’s Star Huckster Tackles Our Market · O. Henry Brandon · ar 31 · The River of Fear · Naomi Lane Babson · ss 32 · Beautiful Nuisance · [Misc.] · pi; (photos of snowy barns). 34 · Dangerous Game · Daniel P. Mannix · ar 36 · Vengeance Valley [Part 3 of 7] · Luke Short · sl 41 · The Mystery of the Deadly Dust · Milton Silverman · ar 42 · The Innocent Buccaneer [Part 6 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #26, December 24, 1949] (15¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Hughes) Details taken from eBay listing. Why Should I Cry? · I. A. R. Wylie · ss Arrogant Male · Richard Stern · ss The Outer Limit · Graham Doar · ss The Thieves of Christmas Eve · William Fay · ss Some Cops Have Lovely Legs · Stanley Frank · ss The World’s Most Famous Church · Ernest O. Hauser · ar Nitwit in Feathers · Arthur Trevenning Harris · ar My Three Years in Moscow: The Story Behind the Berlin Blockade · Walter Bedell Smith · ar Mr. Truman’s Mystery Man · Alfred Steinberg · ar The Cities of America: Balboa · Sidney Shalett · ar What I Don’t Like About Hotels · Robert M. Yoder · ar They’re Just Wild About Sports · Arthur Bartlett · ar Vengeance Valley [Part 4 of 7] · Luke Short · sl The Innocent Buccaneer [Part 7 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #27, December 31, 1949] (15¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Alajalov) Details taken from eBay listing. Stand By to Abandon · Jacland Marmur · ss The Woman in the Woods · David Lamson · ss Night of Champions · Peggy Simson Curry · ss Danger High Tension · Bill Gulick · ss Candidate Truman’s Magic Brew · Joseph & Stewart Alsop · ar Twenty Million Dollar Valley · John Burgan · ar What’s the Matter with Our High Schools · Frances V. Rummell · ar I Lived with the Chinese Pirates · Darrell Berrigan · ar Hurry Doc I Just Sneezed · Ralph Knight · ar Farewell Jackass · Harold H. Martin · ar My Three Years in Moscow · Walter Bedell Smith · ar Vengeance Valley [Part 5 of 7] · Luke Short · sl The Innocent Buccaneer [Part 8 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #28, January 7, 1950] (15¢, 100pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by John Falter) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 13 · The Corpse in the Sea [Part 1 of 8] · Max Murray · sl; illustrated by Richard Hook 16 · Why We Lost China: The Feud Between Stilwell and Chiang · Joseph Alsop · ar 18 · The Fabulous Cabman · MacKinlay Kantor · ss; illustrated by Ben Prins 20 · Look Out, Here Comes an Avalanche! · Harold Titus · ar 22 · Hurricane Force · William Ashley Anderson · ss; illustrated by Richard Lyon 23 · How You Can Survive an A-Bomb Blast · Richard Gerstell · ar 24 · Party Girl in Paradise · Martha Gellhorn · ar; Perle Mesta. 26 · There’s More to Crabbing Than You Think · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ar 28 · Wisconsin’s Mysterious Diamond Hoard · Neil M. Clark · ar 29 · Wildfire · Mackenzie Cottrell · ss; illustrated by Ken Riley 30 · What We Think of Senator Byrd’s Machine · Virginius Dabney · ar 32 · That Heartless Young Thing · Irene & Louis Kemp · ss; illustrated by Gilbert Bundy 34 · Maybe It’s Mice · Ethel Jacobson · pm 34 · The Strange Case of the Cautious Motorist · Ogden Nash · pm 34 · Note to Across-the-Room Conversationalists · Richard Armour · pm 36 · Vengeance Valley [Part 6 of 7] · Luke Short · sl; illustrated by Fred Ludekens 38 · Formula for Peace · Robert P. Tristram Coffin · pm 57 · Note to Husbandmen · R. H. Grenville · pm 66 · Unbroken Melody · Norman R. Jaffray · pm 68 · Put It This Way · Franklin P. Jones · ms 74 · R.S.V.P. · Robert G. Peck, Jr. · pm 86 · Ridge Wind · Herbert Merrill · pm 90 · Sixth Period · Irene Carlisle · pm 97 · Cure · Richard Armour · pm 100 · Keeping Posted · Anon. · ms; short notes on contributors; photos of Samuel Hopkins Adams / Dorothy Cottrell / Mackenzie Cottrell.

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #29, January 14, 1950] (15¢, 116pp, 10½" x 13½") Details supplied by Mark Owings. 17 · Miracle Under the Arctic Sea · Comdr. W. J. Lederer, U.S.N. · ar 20 · The Frozen Jungle · Colin Lofting · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer 22 · That Man Cooper · Pete Martin · ar; about Gary Cooper. 24 · Swing High · Robb White · ss; illustrated by George Garland 25 · The City That Wouldn’t Die · Joseph Wechsberg · ar; Warsaw. 26 · Why We Lost China: We Opened the Door for the Communists · Joseph Alsop · ar 28 · Sweet and Ruthless · Margaret Craven · ss; illustrated by Edwin Georgi 30 · Just Leave Us Alone · Hodding Carter · ar 31 · Stranded in the Sky · Thomas M. Runyon · ss; illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs 32 · Lunch Hour · Tom Henderson · ct 34 · The Cities of America: Flagstaff, Arizona · Edgar Snow · ar 36 · The Corpse in the Sea [Part 2 of 8] · Max Murray · sl; illustrated by Richard Hook 38 · Old Custom · Philip Lazarus · pm 38 · No Comment · Parke Cummings · pm 38 · Mrs. Knittle Testifies Yet · W. F. Miksch · ms 38 · The Strategic Female · Robert Fontaine · ms 38 · On Borrowed Time · Richard Armour · pm 40 · Vengeance Valley [Part 7 of 7] · Luke Short · sl; illustrated by Fred Ludekens 62 · Fourteen · Georgie Starbuck Galbraith · pm 66 · Diesels’ Lament · Frances Bragan Richman · pm 84 · Winter Housing Project · Eleanor Halbrook Zimmerman · pm 94 · Unhurried Transient · Murray Hamner · pm 99 · Strange Relations · William S. Corwen · pm 106 · To a Wintering Bumblebee · Bettie Cassie Lidell · pm 116 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · ms; photo of William J. Lederer.

The Saturday Evening Post [v222 #30, January 21, 1950] (15¢, 116pp, 10½" x 13½") As possible perspective on Iraq today, the answer to the question on page 28, 4 1/2 years after the war, was “very few.” Details supplied by Mark Owings. 17 · The White Invader [Part 1 of 3] · James Warner Bellah · sl; western.; illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt 20 · The Post Reports on Divorce · David G. Wittels · ar 22 · Snowmaiden · William L. Worden · ss; illustrated by Coby Whitmore 24 · I Get ’Em When They’re Broke · Irwin Kurtz (as told to Hal Burton) · ar 26 · Panic Over the Atlantic · David Walker · ss; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea 27 · He Wants to Keep Washington Honest · Hugh Morrow · ar; about William P. Rogers. 28 · How Many Germans Are Buying Democracy? · James P. O’Donnell · ar 30 · Why We Lost China: The Foredoomed Mission of General Marshall · Joseph Alsop · ar 31 · The Witness Who Wouldn’t Talk · Harry Klingsberg · ss; illustrated by Perry Peterson 32 · Men at Work: Baptist Minister · Richard Thruelsen · ar; about Rev. George Moody. 34 · Substitute Parent · Leon Ware · ss; illustrated by Richard Hook 36 · You Can’t Kill a Hockey Player · Trent Frayne · ar; about Elmer Lach. 38 · Ware the H? · R. A. Crabtree · pm 38 · Premed Exam · W. F. Miksch · ms 38 · Should Old Acquaintance— · John McGiffert · pm 38 · Fit to Be Tied · Stephen Schlitzer · pm 38 · Who Wears What Pants in Whose House? · Robert Fontaine · ms 41 · The Corpse in the Sea [Part 3 of 8] · Max Murray · sl; illustrated by Richard Hook 43 · Mending Days · Herbert Merrill · pm 48 · Black Canyon (Gunnison River) · Helen Rowe Henze · pm 84 · There’s No Place Like a Fireplace · Richard Armour · pm 88 · Purely Personal · Berton Braley · pm 95 · Loyalty · Harry Lazarus · pm 100 · Escapist · R. H. Grenville · pm 104 · As Easy As A, B, Z · Robert G. Peck, Jr. · pm 116 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · ms; photos of David Walker, James O’Donnell, Trent Frayne.