1955-08-05 Colliers Magazine Contents

1955/08/05 — Cover featuring vibrant image of Napoleon Bonaparte is a detail from a larger painting titled ‘Bonaparte Crossing the Alps’ by Jacques Louis David

Contents as follows:

ARTICLES:

We Swam the Colorado by Bill Beer

…As Germans See Us by John F. Mead

Kansas “Picnic” by Evelyn Harvey is about the film “Picnic” and features color photos of William Holden, Kim Novak and Susan Strasberg

Pick-and-Shovel HIstorian by Evan Jones

Big Ben by E.R. Yarham

Ike’s “Bunkered Haven” by Andrew Tully and illustrated by Harry Devlin

Neat Seat by Lee Campbell

SPECIAL

The Lost Letters of Marie-Louise to Napoleon — Part 1 of 2 — Historical Narrative by Theodore H. White

SHORT STORIES

“The Big Hustle” — The Short Short Story — by Walter S. Tevis and illustrated by Denver Gillen

“Marriage on Location” by Jerome Weidman and illustrated by J. Frederick Smith

SERIAL

“The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit” — Conclusion — by Sloan Wilson and illustrated by Joe Bowler — the same story that the 1956 Gregory Peck movie is based upon

FEATURES:

Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara

Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty

48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport

Letters

Collier’s Comment