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!