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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