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1930-11 American Magazine Contents

1930/11 — Cover design by John E. Sheridan.

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
ARTICLES:

  • “Hurry Up! Said America to Bill Knudsen” by Edwin Lefevre and illustrated by Herbert Paus
  • “What Makes Men Fight!” is about University of Illinois coach Bob Zuppke by Neil M. Clark and illustrated by Charles R. Chickering

    • God and Two Men:

  • Faith and Contentment” by Thomas L. Masson
  • “Doubt and Loneliness” by W.O. Saunders
  • “People We All Like” is about Norman Rockwell by Jerome Beatty with painting by Norman Rockwell and a photo of Rockwell at work
  • “Heredity” by William S. Sadler, MD with silhouette by Mochi
  • “How it Feels to See Again After Thirty Years” by Frank M. Hill
  • “How to Win an Argument” by Albert Edward Wiggam and illustrated by Oliver Herford
  • “Do You Ever Get Off on the Wrong Foot?” by John Kidder Rhodes
  • “I Built 20 Houses to Find One That Would Suit Me” by Claude H. Miller
  • “Galloping Words” by David McKevitt and illustrated by Arthur Edrop
  • “The Ceaseless Search for Something New” by Ruth Moore Morriss and illustrated by Frank Mutz
  • “The Human Flash” is about Percy Williams by Bob Granger
  • “Which Man Struck the Fatal Blow?” by Henry Smith Williams

    • FICTION:

  • “Don’t Twist the Tail!” by Ellis Parker Butler and illustrated by Frank Hoffman
  • “Man-wise” by Sewell Peaslee Wright and illustrated by Harold von Schmidt
  • “Riches to Rags” by Gelett Burgess and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb
  • The Man With the Scarred Hand” — A Mystery Romance — Part II — By Kenry Kitchell Webster and illustrated by William Welsh
  • “Four Blocks Apart” — A Novel — Part V — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • “Peace Without Victory” by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Folded Wings” by James Saxon Childers and illustrated by Joseph M. Clement

    • SHORT FEATURES:
    Interesting People:

  • Margaret Bourke-White — Article by Edna Robb Webster with photo of Bourke-White with camera atop the Chrysler Building
  • James Quinn and Morris Skinner — Article by Maude E. Schroeder
  • Captain W.A. Sigsbee — Article by Mary margaret McBride
  • Blue-Bloods of the Kennel — Photogravure Feature
  • Index to Our Advertisers
  • Our First Reader by Bruce Barton

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: 2-page ad for Chesterfield Cigarettes features large color fencing illustration, Old Gold Cigarettes ad includes color illustration of Lawrence Tibbett, and a Victor Radio ad on the back cover.