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1955-08 American Magazine Contents

1955/08 — Cover is a painting by Leo Aarons

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

ARTICLES:

  • By the Way — How Much Can You See? — by The Editor
  • Thank you, America by Alexander Washchenko
  • A Husband Can’t Win! by Huntley Clover
  • How Ike Keeps Fit by Clarence Woodbury
  • They Make Your Hometown Safer by J. Edgar Hoover
  • The Amazing Secret of Walt Disney by Don Eddy – color photo of Disney and some of his key characters in color over the first two pages of the article
  • We Discovered Paris Through Its Markets by Charlotte and Denis Plimmer
  • Fall’s The Time to Build a Lawn by Bernard Gladstone

  • Best Vacation I Ever Had by Leonard Falkner

    • NOVELS:

  • Escape to Paradise by Ware Torrey Budlong and illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka
  • Ride With the Executioner – Novel of Suspense by Charlotte Armstrong and illustrated by George Garland

    • STORIES:

  • The Cobweb Bridge by Marjorie Carleton and illustrated by Ward Brackett
  • Lady, Get Lost by John De Meyer and illustrated by J. Frederick Smith
  • Blaze of Glory is a baseball story by Walter Kaylin with illustration by Frank McCarthy
  • Summer Serenade — Short Short Story by James Robert with illustration by Maxine McCaffrey
  • The Bride at Dead Soldier Spring by Oliver La Farge and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • Deception — Vignette by Lydel Sims

    • FEATURES:

  • Letters Across the Editors’ Desk
  • Today’s Fabulous Figures
  • Movies of the Month
  • The Open Door
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Interesting People with black & white page featuring two photos and brief write-up on Audie Murphy and another page featuring a larger than half-page photo of Mickey Mantle in street clothes with his twin brothers Ray and Roy Mantle in Yankees uniforms
  • Private Punky
  • Now They’ve Done It!
  • Help for Your House
  • Recipe for a Modern Desk
  • Kangaroo Words
  • Globe-Trotting Trudy
  • Directory of Schools and Colleges
  • Funny Side of the Street
  • It’s the Law!