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1941-01 The American Magazine Contents for January 1941

1941/01 — Cover is a natural color photograph by Leon De Vos

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

SHORT NOVEL:

  • “The Halfway Heart – Complete in this Issue by Laurette MacDuffie Knight
  • SERIALS:

  • “The Talk of the Town” — Part 2 of 5 — by Ann Pinchot and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Wildcat 13” — Part 4 of 6 by Tom Gill

    STORIES:

  • “Two in a Glass House” by Eleanor DeLamater and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “Eleven Years” — Vignette by Denis Plimmer
  • “Christmas in the Heart” by Rachel Field with a full-page color illustration by Norman Rockwell
  • “It Must Be Love” by Gordon Malherbe Hillman and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “Might-Have-Been” by Marion Baxter Taylor and illustrated by Al Parker
  • “His Own Medicine” by Clarence Budington Kelland
  • “Echo of War” by Thomas Rourke and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “The Meanest Man” — Storiette by Paul Schubert
  • “Fire by Night” — Short short story by Constance Wagner
  • “Dumb Guy” — Vignette by Gordon Gaskill
  • ARTICLES:

  • The Blue Bird Found Again by Maurice Maeterlinck
  • King of Canada by Beverly Smith about Prime Minister Mackenzie King
  • Adventures of a Sneeze Hound by Katherine Madison
  • How to Get Along in the Army by William G. McChesney
  • Half a Dozen Ways to Get Rich by William D. Collidge, Ph.D.
  • Warning–Keep Out! by John Winter
  • Tell It to the Judge by Michael Angelo Musmanno
  • Star Salesman by Clarence Woodbury
  • Art Begins at Home by James C. Boudreau
  • Let ‘er Roll by Jerome Beatty
  • Science Steps Up the Game by Norman V. Carlisle
  • Santa Claus Becomes a Citizen by Ruth Moore Morriss
  • Accuracy by H.W. Phelps
  • SHORT FEATURES:

  • Interesting People in the American Scene
  • Along the Way
  • Scattergood Says
  • New Eyes for the Needy
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Johnny-On-the-Spot
  • American Parade
  • Streamlining the Classics
  • The Animal Fair
  • Getting Along
  • How Emotional Are You
  • Signs of the Times
  • New Ways to Enjoy Your Home
  • Word Teasers
  • Around the House
  • Carrots O’Hara
  • It’s the Law!
  • Cause for Divorce
  • Life’s Little Temptations and 13 other comics
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: Clarence Budington Kelland, norman rockwell, The American Magazine

    1939-09 American Magazine Contents

    1939/09 — Cover is a photograph of Jean Ware by Ashman-Selwyn

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

    SHORT NOVEL:

  • Complete in this Issue — “Over My Dead Body” is a complete Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • SERIALS:

  • “Golden Lady” — Part 1 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • “Broken Voyage” — Conclusion — by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by John Gannam
  • STORIES:

  • “Song of a Man” by Hal Borland and illustrated by Frank Hoffman
  • “Offstage Kiss” by Stewart Beach and illustrated by John La Gatta
  • “Command!” by Blaine and Jean Dupont Miller and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • The Man Who Forgot — Storiette by Richard Hoffmann with drawing by Robert Gellert
  • “Let Me Be Free” by Marian Sims
  • “Hunted Man’ — Vignette — by Devery Freeman
  • “Labor of Love” by Vereen Bell and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Inquire of the Sea” by H. Vernor Dixon and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • ARTICLES:

  • Why Can’t We Live Forever? by Waldemar Kaempffert with drawings by Stevan Dohanos
  • American Youth Forum Article Awards
  • You’ve Got to Go After It by Tom Gill
  • Bob and Martha Take the Stump by Beverly Smith is about Senator and Mrs. Robert Taft
  • Are Mothers Necessary? by a Father
  • Making Pilots Out of Bookkeepers by Gordon Gaskill
  • Smart Girls Don’t by Louise Gardiner
  • God Bless the Jitterbug by Paul Whiteman
  • FEATURES:

  • The Family Money
  • Along the Way
  • Reunion Anywhere – Poem
  • American Youth Forum – 150 Additional Awards
  • The American Scene
  • .001 — Poem
  • Till the Doctor Comes
  • Interesting People
  • Cause for Divorce
  • Word Teasers
  • Meow! – Poem
  • The House Detective
  • America Youth Forum – 500 Honorable Mention Awards
  • It Takes All Kinds
  • The Animal Fair
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Full-page color ad for The Wizard of Oz
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1939-06 American Magazine Contents

    1939/06 — Cover is a photograph of Bunny Hartley by Victor Keppler

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

    SHORT NOVEL:

  • Complete in this Issue — “Dark Revenge” is a complete story by Rex Stout and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • SERIALS:

  • “Broken Voyage” — Part 3 — by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “Lovers Come Back” — Part 4 — by Barrett Willoughby and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • STORIES:

  • “Always Tell a Lady” by Stewart Beach” and illustrated by John La Gatta
  • “Blessed Idiot” by Vivien R. Bretherton and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • “Never Mind the Wings” by Joseph Laurance Marx and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “The Mountain Goat” by William Du Bois and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Rolling Stones’ by Doug Welch and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • “5 Were Empty” by William Edward Hayes and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Hell and High Water” by James Street and illustrated by Walter Baumhofer
  • “Break-Up” — An American Vignette by Wilton Matthews
  • ARTICLES:

  • America’s Colleges of Crime by Courtney Ryley Cooper is about county jails
  • If I Were 21 by William S. Knudsen
  • Women Are Easy Marks by Margaret Fishback and illustrated by William Steig
  • Baseball’s Precious Baby by Ted Shane
  • Three Youngsters Who Run a State by John Janney
  • Nile Mother by Jerome Beatty
  • The American Way by Howard Brubaker
  • FEATURES:

  • All the Way
  • It Takes All Kinds
  • Cause for Divorce
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Have You Ever Met Him? — A Poem
  • The American Youth Forum
  • Word Teasers
  • Speaking of Animals
  • Interesting People
  • The House Detective
  • Getting Along
  • The Sign – A Poem
  • Scraps
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1938-12 American Magazine Contents

    1938/12 — Cover is a photograph of Dorothy Temple by Victor Keppler

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

    SHORT NOVEL:

  • Complete in this Issue — “The Red Bull” is a complete Nero Wolfe Story by Rex Stout and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • SERIALS:

  • “Firebrand” — Part 4 — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Dean Cornwell
  • “For Beauty’s Sake” — Conclusion (Part 6) — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • STORIES:

  • “Hail and Farewell” by Williston Rich and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “You Need A Man!” by John Reid Byers and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Queer Quarter” – An American Storiette – by Frances Warfield and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • “Woman Trouble” by Eleanor Arnett Nash and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Staying Over” – An American Vignette – by Paul Ernst
  • “Time Stood Still” by J.G.E. Hopkins and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • “Sky Rider” by Jim Crang and Winston Norman and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Forever Yours” by Earl Reed Silvers and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • ARTICLES:

  • Family Doctor by Joseph Ambrose Jerger, M.D.
  • Mystery of the Billions by Beverly Smith
  • Fill ‘er Up? by George F. Homan with William A.H. Birnie
  • The American Youth Forum
  • The Making of a Politician by James A. Farley
  • Scattergood in Real Life by Paul T. Sturges
  • Mother of Crime by Courtney Ryley Cooper is about Mrs. Lucy “Ma” Beland
  • The Face is Familiar by Eloise Sterling
  • Sharing – Editorial by Norman H. Davis
  • FEATURES:

  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities –
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Along the Way
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1938-11 American Magazine Contents

    1938/11 — Cover is a photograph of Bunny Hartley by Victor Keppler

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

    SHORT NOVEL:

  • Complete in this Issue — “The Falcon Strikes” by Drexel Drake and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • SERIALS:

  • “Firebrand” — Part 3 — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Dean Cornwell
  • “For Beauty’s Sake” — Part 5 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • STORIES:

  • “The Pursuer” by Corey Ford and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Payday” by Clyde Brion Davis and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Monkey Business” – An American Storiette – by Edward R. Sammis and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • “Saturday Hero” by Herbert Dalmas and illustrated by John R. Holmgren
  • “The Conqueror” by Edith Barnard Delano and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • “Gay Lady” – An American Vignette – by Barbara Burns
  • “Dancing Filly” by Odgers T. Gurnee and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Swords at Weehawken” by Leonard Falkner with a full-page color illustration by Norman Rockwell
  • ARTICLES:

  • The Sinus Racket by Martin Ross, M.D.
  • Youth Forum Announcement Capital + Labor + Profit Sharing = ? by Senator A.H. Vandenberg
  • Battles Within the Party by James A. Farley
  • Dope Dynasty by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • An American Helps Italy Over the Hurdles by Jerome Beatty is about Coach Boyd Comstock
  • 4,000,000 Covered Wagons by William E. Frazer
  • I Was Afraid of My Boss by Leonard Jost
  • Plenty of Room in Heaven by Gustav Eckstein
  • Experiment – Editorial by Orson Welles
  • FEATURES:

  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Vocab-O-Gram
  • I Wish My Parents Wouldn’t–
  • What Worries You Most?
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities –
  • Is There a Doctor In the House?
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • Along the Way
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1938-10 American Magazine Contents

    1938/10 — Cover is a photograph of Carol Chadwick and an English Setter by Victor Keppler

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

    SHORT NOVEL:

  • Complete in this Issue — “Bermuda Grapevine” by Mignon G. Eberhart and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • SERIALS:

  • “Firebrand” — Part 2 — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Dean Cornwell
  • “For Beauty’s Sake” — Part 4 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • STORIES:

  • “Captain’s Boy” by Paul Deresco Augsburg and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Hollywood Legend” by Vivien R. Bretherton and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • “We, the Living” by Highie Call and illustrated by Edwin Henry
  • “Hard Little Job” by Sophie Kerr and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Fair Play” – An American Vignette – by Alfred Hart
  • “The Gewgaw House” by Ann Morse and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • “Revenge is Sweet” by Helen Dick Davis and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • ARTICLES:

  • They’ve Got Taxes by the Tail by James Street
  • Desert Doctor by Jerome Beatty is about Dr. Paul W. Harrison
  • Taking the Raps by James A. Farley
  • Screwballs by John Kiernan, colorful stories about World Series from the past
  • The America I Want – Winner of the American Youth Forum Grand Award – by Leon G. Lenkoff
  • Is Your Dog in Style? by Earl Sparling and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • Crime’s Paymaster by Courtney Ryley Cooper is about dope czar Big Bill Hildebrandt
  • Destiny – Editorial by Harry Allen Overstreet
  • FEATURES:

  • Vocab-O-Gram
  • Why Don’t They?
  • What Worries You Most?
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities –
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Along the Way
  • 500 Honorable Mention Awards — American Youth Forum
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1938-09 American Magazine Contents

    1938/09 — Cover is a photograph of Florine McGuire by Victor Keppler

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

    SHORT NOVEL:

  • Complete in this Issue — “Dancing Co-Ed” by Albert Treynor and illustrated by John R. Holmgren
  • SERIALS:

  • “Firebrand” — Part 1 — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Dean Cornwell
  • “For Beauty’s Sake” — Part 2 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • STORIES:

  • “If You Want Me” by Natalie Shipman and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • “Remember the Night” by Rita Weiman and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “The Jilting” by Lenora Mattingly Weber and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • “Let’s Celebrate” by Gladys Taber and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “They Walked Behind Him” by Borden Chase and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “All of My Life” by Dale Eunson and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • ARTICLES:

  • American Youth Forum Awards by John Dungan
  • Patronage and the New Deal by James A. Farley
  • Churchmen Crusade Against Capitalism by Arthur Bartlett
  • The Kid from 43rd Street by Beverly Smith is about Eamon de Valera, Prime Minister of Ireland
  • Six Men in Sneakers by Stanley Frank features a photo of the six-man high school football team of Roslyn, Long Island
  • “What! No Square Wheels?” by JOseph Q. Riznik
  • Expression – Editorial by Lauritz Melchoir
  • FEATURES:

  • Vocab-O-Gram
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities –
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Does It Pay to Be Thrifty?
  • Along the Way
  • An ad for Double-Mint gum features a color image of Sonja Henie
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1938-08 American Magazine Contents

    1938/08 — Cover is a photograph of Jinx Falkenberg by Paul Hesse

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

    SHORT NOVEL:

  • Complete in this Issue — “Marry In Haste” by Edward Hope and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • SERIALS:

  • “For Beauty’s Sake” — Part 2 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • “Too Many Cooks” — Conclusion (Part 5) of a Nero Wolfe Mystery by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • STORIES:

  • “Matchmaker’s Holiday” by Ruth Burr Sanborn and illustrated by Edwin Henry
  • “Prisoner’s Base” by Rebecca Stevenson and illustrated by James Schucker
  • “Heavy Static” by Jonathan Eldridge with illustration by Norman Rockwell
  • “Small Though They Be” by Earl Reed Silvers and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “A Little Praise, Please!” by Libbie Block and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Boss of the Roaring” by Robert E. Pinkerton and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • ARTICLES:

  • Selling Roosevelt to the Party by James A. Farley
  • A Dog’s Life in Hollywood by J.B. Griswold is about Skippy, the dog who reached fame in Hollywood under the name of Asta – with small photos of Asta, William Powell, Myrna Loy, as well as Asta’s trainers Mr. and Mrs. Henry East
  • Paroles Over the Counter by Martin Mooney
  • Speaking of Shrinking Violets by James Street about Grover Whalen and the New York World’s Fair
  • Horse and Buggy Days by John Kieran is about Harness Racing
  • A Rainbow With a Million Ends by Charles B. Driscoll
  • Courtesy – Editorial by Oscar G. Olander
  • FEATURES:

  • Youth Forum Announcement
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities – includes a 7-1/2″ X 8-1/2″ brown-toned photo of Gene Krupa with text about him underneath
  • Vocab-O-Gram
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • $1,000 More or Less
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Along the Way
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1938-07 American Magazine Contents

    1938/07 — Cover is a photograph of Jinx Falkenberg by Paul Hesse

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

    SHORT NOVEL:

  • Complete in this Issue — “Storm on the Island” by Steve Fisher and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • SERIALS:

  • “For Beauty’s Sake” — Part 1 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • “Too Many Cooks” — Part 5 of a Nero Wolfe Mystery by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • STORIES:

  • “Star Bright” by Charles Bonner and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • “Robin Hill” by Phylis Duganne and illustrated by Norman Rockwell inlcuding a full-page illustration
  • “Cheerio!” by Margaret Craven
  • “Buzz Meets a Mammoth” by Beverly Smith and illustrated by George Howe
  • “Thanks for the Accident” by Janet Adams and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “To Meet My Wife” by Ruth Burr Sanborn and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • “She Always Said No” by David William Moore and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • ARTICLES:

  • The Parole Racket by Martin Mooney
  • The Mormons Find a Way by Richard L. Neuberger
  • Announcement — Jim Farley’s Own Story
  • Mervyn of the Movies by Jerome Beatty is about Mervyn LeRoy
  • Keeper of the Middle Road by John Janney is about Lewis W. Douglas
  • Gadget Gold by Weldon Melick and illustrated by Gluyas Williams
  • Dixie’s Mother Confessor by James Street
  • What Ever Became Of …? by Gerald O’Mahaney
  • Daring — Editorial by William H. Danforth
  • You Can Trust the Public by Robert Moses
  • FEATURES:

  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • The American Youth Forum
  • How to Buy Intelligently
  • Should We Have Wedding Exams?
  • Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities –
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Are You A Practical Person
  • Along the Way
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1938-06 American Magazine Contents

    1938/06 — Cover is a photograph by Victor Keppler

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

    SHORT NOVEL:

  • Complete in this Issue — “Write Your Own Ticket” by David Garth and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • SERIALS:

  • “Lisa Vale” — Conclusion by Olive Higgins Prouty and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “Too Many Cooks” — Part 4 of a Nero Wolfe Mystery by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • STORIES:

  • “Heaven to Earth” by Blaine and Jean Dupont Miller and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • “Dear Victory” by Josephine Bentham and illustrated by Edwin Henry
  • “Pawn Takes Bishop” – $1,000 Prize Story — by Gayle W. Maile and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Ring on Her Finger” by Charles H. Hoffman and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • “Handsome Stranger” by Agnes Sligh Turnbull and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “Girls Without Gold” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe
  • “Ladies Go Last” by R.G. Kirk and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Hearts on the Mend” by Louise Skene and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • ARTICLES:

  • California Racket Buster by Joseph O. Riznik is about Clifford E. Clinton
  • Diagnosing the Doctors by Beverly Smith
  • Youth at the Wheel by Webb Waldron
  • I’ve Stopped Killing for Money by Lieut. Orrin Dwight Bell
  • Wake Up Singing by Doron K. Antrim and illustrated by D.B. Holcomb
  • “Strange Ways to Make a Living” by Jerome Beatty
  • The King of Bandits by J. Edgar Hoover with Courtney Ryley Cooper about Bill Hale
  • It’s In the Bag by Gene Sarazen
  • Youth Awaits the Verdict
  • Family – Editorial by Senator Arthur Capper
  • FEATURES:

  • How to Buy Intelligently
  • It’s Examination Time
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities – Includes a 7″ X 9″ brown-toned photo of 22-Year Old Orson Welles with brief accompanying write-up above the photo
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • “A Husband Rebels” is a poem by Berton Braley
  • Along the Way
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1938-05 American Magazine Contents

    1938/05 — Cover is a photograph by Victor Keppler

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

    SHORT NOVEL:

  • Complete in this Issue — “Where Is Ann?” by Corey Ford and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • STORIES:

  • “What Price Story!” by Max Brand and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • Mr. Burton Is Busy” by Devery Freeman and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Winner Takes Two” by Ron Broom and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • The Plumber in the Parlor” by Elizabeth Troy and illustrated by Edwin Henry
  • Jane and June of Arc by Howard Brubaker and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • “Too Many Cooks” — Part 3 of a Nero Wolfe Mystery — by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “Lisa Vale” — Part 4 — by Olive HIggins Prouty and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “Brand-New Woman” by Doug Welch and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • “One Road Will Be Rough” by Lenora Mattingly Weber and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • Wild West by J.B. Griswold is about fun times in Nevada
  • The Defense Never Rests by Beverly Smith is about Sam Leibowitz
  • Your Chance in Movies by Jerome Beatty
  • New Awards for Youth
  • Man of the Mist by Borden Chase is about Captain Hardy Smith
  • Double Dealers in Dope by Courtney Ryley Cooper is about Judah and Isaac Ezra
  • Snap It! by Frank Clay Cross
  • Fish Stories by Commander T.B. Thompson, U.S.N.
  • Choice – Editorial by Ray Lyman Wilburn
  • FACT AND FANCY:

  • Vocab-O-Gram
  • HOw to Buy Intelligently
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Are You A Leader? by Eleanor Early
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Cause for Divorce by Jay Irving
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities — Includes Judy Garland with a 7-1/2″ X 9″ head to toe photo of Garland in green-tone and text underneath about the 14-year-old star
  • Along the Way
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1938-04 American Magazine Contents

    1938/04 — Cover is a photograph by Victor Keppler.

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

    SHORT NOVEL:
    Complete in this Issue

  • “Two Can Sing” by James M. Cain and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • STORIES:

  • “Too Many Cooks” — Part II by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “Gray Gull” by Jay Wilson and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Portrait of an Artist” by Will F. Jenkins and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Rich Man’s Ride” by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • “Big Fella” is a baseball story by Richard Connell and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • “Lisa Vale” — Part III by Olive Higgins Prouty and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “Blank Interlude” — An American Storiette — by H. Thompson Rich and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Drive Slowly in Eden” by Maxine McBride and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • “Love Me, Love My Horse” by Frank Mitchell Dazey and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Off Stage” by Herbert Dalmas and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • “Dunce Cap” — An American Vignette — by Edward J. Kyne
  • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • So You Want to Get Married? by Ernest R. Groves
  • King Cotton Himself by Beverly Smith is about Will Clayton
  • Let’s Reward Safe Drivers by Earnest Elmo Calkins
  • Jasper Goes to Town by Webb Waldron
  • Youth Finds Its Feet
  • My Husband is a Detective
  • Leadership — Editorial by Virginia C. Gildersleeve
  • Where Giants Sleep by Thomas Sugrue
  • FACTS AND FANCY:

  • Cause for Divorce by Jay Irving
  • Why Don’t They
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Will Your Children Avoid Your Mistakes?
  • Do You Know Your $10 Words?
  • How to Buy Intelligently
  • Interesting People — a large photo and text featuring James M. Cain, Maria Savage and a few others
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • An American Test
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Your Best Friend Wouldn’t Treat You Like That by John S. Phillips
  • Along the Way
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: The Dionne Quintuplets illustrated for Karo Syrup, Budweiser ad featuring color photo of the Grand Canyon, and Claudette Colbert for Lucky Strike Cigarettes on the back cover.

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1938-03 American Magazine Contents

    1938/03 — Cover is a photograph by Victor Keppler.

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

    SHORT NOVEL:
    Complete in this Issue

  • “Meet the Girls” by Albert Treynor and Jeff Moffitt and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • STORIES:

  • “Too Many Cooks” — Part I of a Nero Wolfe Mystery by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “Broadway Girl Goes Fishing” by Beatrice Thorne and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Lisa Vale” — Part II by Olive Higgins Prouty and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “Imitation of Love” by Evelyn Herrick Von Horne and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Scattergood Starts a Revolution” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • “One in Every Family” by Brooke Hanlon and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • “Revival Meeting” –An American Storiette — by Eleanor Griggs Thompson and illustrated by James Schucker
  • “Flight” by Harry Sylvester and illustrated by Edwin Henry
  • “Good-by, Ten Thousand Bucks!” by Paul Deresco Augsberg and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • “A Job to Do” by Kimball Herrick
  • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • Labor’s Overlords by Richard L. Neuberger is about Harry Bridges and Dave Beck
  • Double Trouble by Arthur Bartlett is about twins
  • “Where’s the Fire?” by Philip Boyer, Jr.
  • Gun-Crazy by J. Edgar Hoover with Courtney Riley Cooper
  • Youth’s Opportunity
  • A Good Skate by John Kieran is about Karl Schaefer
  • Singing City by Thomas Sugrue is about Charleston, SC
  • Justice — Editorial — by William H. Moran
  • FACTS AND FANCY:

  • Would You Go to Hollywood?
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Cause for Divorce by Jay Irving
  • Interesting People — One-page each with large photo and text featuring Rex Stout and a few others
  • Vocab-O-Gram
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • An American Test
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Along the Way
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: The Dionne Quintuplets illustrated by J.W. Hawkins for Karo Syrup, Joan Bennett in color for Wrigley’s Double Mint Gum, and an ad for Ovaltine on the back cover.

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1938-02 American Magazine Contents

    1938/02 — Cover is a photograph by Paul Hesse

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

    STORIES:

  • “Passage for One” a Mystery Novel Complete in this Issue by David Frome and illustrated by James Schucker
  • Lisa Vale — Part 1 — by Olive Higgins Prouty and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “Quiet, Please!” by Elizabeth Troy and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • “Storm Over Water” by Harry Sylvester and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Snow on the Hills” by Hugh Walpole and illustrated by Seymour Ball
  • “Rustler’s Roost” – An American Vignette – by Richard Hill Wilkinson
  • “Dust Across the Range” – Conclusion – by Max Brand and illustrated by James Schucker
  • “Decision by Moonlight” by Martha Hays Weymouth and illustrated by Frederick Chapman
  • “Air Jockey” by Eustace L. Adams and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • “I Got Two Sweeties” by Albert Treynor and illustrated by Emerton Heitland
  • “Till the Doctor Comes” – An American Storiette – by Matt Taylor
  • ARTICLES:

  • Homes at Half Price by Beverly Smith
  • One Minute to Live by Courtney Ryley Cooper with small headshot photos of Guillaume Rozen, Pierre Guette, and Salvatore Mancuso
  • Keystone Joe by John Janney is about Pennsylvania Senator Joseph F. Guffey
  • Streamlined Justice by Holman Harvey
  • Why We Go To Church
  • The Man Who Is Always Somebody Else by Jerome Beatty is about Paul Muni
  • Youth Seeks the Answers by Dr. Charles C. Tillinghast
  • I Moved to an Old Ladies’ Home
  • Six Blocks from Yesterday by Thomas Sugrue with drawings by Edward A. Wilson
  • Editorial: Security by Dr. Harold W. Dodds
  • FEATURES:

  • Why Don’t They
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Star-Crostic Puzzle
  • Interesting People: 16 Colorful Personalities (includes Vincent Price)
  • Happy Together? by Eleanor Early
  • Our Changing World by John Dungan
  • Question of the Month: Do You Expect to Get Rich?
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • Don’t You Believe It by Joseph nathan Kane
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Along the Way
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1938-01 American Magazine Contents

    1938/01 — Cover is a photograph by Paul Hesse

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

    STORIES:

  • Crime in White” a Mystery Novel Complete in this Issue by Theodora White and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • “Take Off Those Whiskers” by Edith Barnard Delano and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Tall Man Wanted” by Libbie Block and illustrated by Ilse Shank
  • “Snow Train” by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • Partners – An American Storiette – by Frederick Faust and illustrated by Edwin Henry
  • “Dust Across the Range” – Part 3 – by Max Brand and illustrated by James Schucker
  • “The Young Spriggins” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe
  • “Money Will Burn” by Margaret Weymouth Jackson and illustrated by Seymour Ball
  • Bridal — An American Vignette – by Oma L. Bishop
  • “Virginia Voyage” by F. Britten Austin and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “And Both Were Young” – Conclusion – by Reita Lambert and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • “Catwalk” by Borden Chase
  • ARTICLES:

  • The World’s Greatest Engineering Wonder by Richrd L. Neuberger
  • Grand Rapids Boy Makes Good – An American Word Portrait – by Beverly Smith about Arthur Vandenberg
  • Furs for Her by Jerome Beatty
  • To My Unborn Son by Thomas Sugrue
  • Cloud Rider by Webb Waldron is about Richard Du Pont
  • King of the Giddyaps by J.B. Griswold is about Buck Jones
  • Youth Looks Us Over – The American Youth Forum
  • Your Fortune in Your Eyes by Louise Bascom Barratt
  • Editorial: Giving by Lillian D. Wald
  • What’ll You Have? by Joseph Guillet
  • FEATURES:

  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Have You Imagination? by Eleanor Early
  • Interesting People: 16 Colorful Personalities
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Question of the Month: Does It Pay to Be Generous?
  • Along the Way
  • What the Readers Say
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1937-11 American Magazine Contents

    1937/11 — Cover is a natural-color photograph by Paul Hesse.

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

    MYSTERY NOVEL:

  • “Death Goes Downhill” — Complete in this Issue — by Arthur Tuckerman and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • STORIES:

  • “Dust Across the Range” — Part 1 — by Max Brand and illustrated by James Schucker
  • “Three in the Dark” by Frederick Faust and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Two Who Belonged Apart” by Brooke Hanlon and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “A Whale of a Bargain” by Robert Ormond Case and illustrated by John Clymer
  • “And Both Were Young” — Part 3 — by Reita Lambert and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • “Man to Man” by James McConnaughey and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “Water Bug” by Sophie Kerr and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • “Two Belles and a Bell” by Frances Warfield and illustrated by Irving Nurick
  • “Coldriver Capers” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • $7,500 in Cash Awards–Announcing the American Youth Forum
  • I Toured America in 50 Minutes by Beverly Smith
  • “How Many Times Have You Been in Jail?” by J.B. Griswold with drawings by Rea Irvin
  • $1,000,000 on Ice by Jerome Beatty is about Sonja Henie
  • A Buzzard in Disguise by J. Edgar Hoover with Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • Live-Wire Loafer by Hubert Kelley
  • Wolves of the Goal Post by George Kirksey
  • Question of the Month: Would You Like Uncle Sam to Be Your Doctor?
  • $100,000,000 Pinch Hitter by Henry Denton
  • War — Editorial — by James S. Hart
  • FACT AND FANCY:

  • Why Don’t They?
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Are You Good Company? by Eleanor Early
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Our Changing World by John Dungan
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • What the Readers Say
  • INTERESTING PEOPLE:

  • Carpenter – Mary Long Whitmore
  • Hunter – Daniel Eisenberg
  • Sugeon – Dr. Emilia Steinacher
  • Composer – Sergeant Gustave Steffens
  • Pioneer – Marcia O’Day
  • Hawk – Dr. Fred D. Fagg
  • Umpire – Helen Ray Hagner
  • Canner – Dr. Thornwell Jacobs
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1936-12 American Magazine Contents

    1936/12 — Cover is a photograph by Paul Hesse.

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

    Novelette:
    Complete in this Issue

  • “Second Choice” by Ursula Parrott and illustrated by Mario Cooper with 6-3/4″ X 8″ photo of Carole Lombard & Fred MacMurray by Paul Hesse
  • STORIES:

  • “The Red Box” — Part I — A Nero Wolfe Mystery — by Rex Stout and illustrated by James Schucker
  • “Night-Desk Daddies” by Freeman Tilden and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “Crossroads” — Part III — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Red Earth” — Part V — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Among Those Present” by Maxine McBride and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Daughter of Divorce” by Libbie Block and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • “Burned Matches” by Robert Ormond Case with illustration by Paus
  • “Divine Fire” by Kenneth Perkins and illustrated by Fred Ludekens
  • “Happy Birthday from Father” by Hugh Walpole and illustrated by Seymour Ball
  • “Hide-Out” — A Vignette — by D.C. O’Flaherty
  • “Merry Meddler” by Martha Hays Weymouth and illustrated by Roy Spreter
  • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • “Career” by Otelia A. Compton, LLD
  • “99% Honest” by Isaac F. Marcosson
  • “The Amazing Mr. Means” by J. Edgar Hoover
  • “The Perfect 36” by Thomas Sugrue
  • “You Can Hardly Believe It” by Beverly Smith
  • “A Grin on the Ball” by Andy Kerr
  • “Green Hills Far Away” by William Seabrook
  • “Triple Mirror” by Channing Pollock
  • “Snap at Your Chances” by Eleanor King
  • FACTS AND FANCY:

  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Plan It Yourself — Prize Winners
  • I Want a Man! — Prize Winners
  • Interesting People — One-page each with large photo and text of the following: Rollin J. Lobaugh and his toy trains, Dr. Elizabeth Munger, Charles E. Jones, Mrs. Josephine Shackman, Jean Bellows, steeplejack Cherie May, Dr. Ellwood CubberleyCaptain William Wincapaw of Boston and son, Bill
  • What the Readers Say
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Ab Jenkins for Firestone, Ivory Soap, Camel Cigarettes, None Such Mince Meat, Wheaties, and a Lucky Strike Cigarettes ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1936-10 American Magazine Contents

    1936/10 — Cover is a photograph by Paul Hesse.

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

    Mystery Novel:
    Complete in this Issue

  • “Mr. Pinkerton is Present” by David Frome and illustrated by John Schucker
  • STORIES:

  • “Crossroads” — Part I — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “The Parson Takes a Wife” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe and Paul Meylan
  • “The Saint in Hollywood” by Leslie Charteris and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Tides of Memory” by Gordon Malherbe Hillman with 7″ X 9″ color illustration by Norman Rockwell
  • “War Game” by Peter B. Kyne with illustration by W. Emerson Heitland
  • “What the Deuce!” by Newlin B. Wildes and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Slicker” — A Vignette — by Robert H. Rohde
  • “Red Earth” — Part III — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “A Knight in New Jersey” by MacKinlay Kantor and illustrated by Pierre Brissaud
  • “Blocking Back” — Part II — by Harry A. Stuhldreher and illustrated by John E. Sheridan
  • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • “Safety” by Cary T. Grayson
  • “The Kansas Gang” by Frank R. Kent
  • “Crime’s Mouthpiece” by J. Edgar Hoover with Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • “I’m a Fool About My Boy” by Ed Wynn with caricature of Wynn by Alajalov
  • “What Next?” by H.G. Wells
  • “Mr. Odets Regrets” by Thomas Sugrue
  • “I Used to Be a Bridge Addict”
  • “Do You Fight With Your Husband?” by Jerome Beatty with drawings by Rea Irvin
  • “Adventure at Your Fingertips” by James W. Booth
  • “Such Language!” by H.L. Mencken
  • “How Correctly Do You Speak?”
  • “Umps” by Joe Williams
  • FACTS AND FANCY:

  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Interesting People & Colorful Personalities — One-page each with large photo and text of the following: Joan de Tuscan, Vincenti Minnelli, John Blackland, Julia Chandler, Robert Adams, L.E. Stemmler, Daphne Vane, John and Mack Rust
  • Does It Pay to Be Good? — Contest Winners
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • How’s Your Game? — Contest Announcement
  • I Think — Winning Letter
  • What the Readers Say
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Norma Shearer & Leslie Howard in Romeo and Juliet, Ivory Soap, Campbell’s Soups, Errol Flynn for Quaker’s Puffed Wheat*, Shirley Temple for the Teledial Radio*, Spanky McFarland for Karo Syrup, and a Camel Cigarettes ad featuring “Human Comets” Hugo and Mario Zacchini on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1936-09 American Magazine Contents

    1936/09 — Cover is a photograph by Paul Hesse.

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

    Mystery Novel:
    Complete in this Issue

  • “The Professor’s Alibi” by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • STORIES:

  • “Rogue in Red” is a Pirate story featuring Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Tell Mother Everything” by Katharine Haviland-Taylor and illustrated by Walter Klett
  • “To Him Who Waits” — A Storiette — by R.G. Kirk and illustrated by Paul Branson
  • “Red Earth” — Part II — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Understudy” by Pauline Partridge and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Blocking Back” — Part I — by Harry A. Stuhldreher
  • “Fire Away” — A Vignette — by D.C. O’Flaherty
  • “Face the Facts” — Conclusion — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • “Pressure” by Borden Chase and illustrated by Saul Tepper
  • “Kingmaker” by William Corcoran and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • “Champions Beget Champions” by Odgers T. Gurnee and illustrated Pruett Carter
  • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • “Moderation” by Robert V. Fleming
  • “Our Muddled Youth” by Isaac F. Marcosson
  • “Bla Bla Black Man” by J. Edgar Hoover looks to be about an international car thief operating out of Brooklyn by the name of Gabriel Vigorito
  • “Slap ‘Em For Luck” by Clark Gable
  • “The Name is Lewis” by Beverly Smith is about John L. Lewis
  • “Society’s Loud-Speaker by Helen Worden is about Robert Hamlett
  • “I Drew A Full House”
  • “Push-button House” by Hubert Kelly
  • “Sneezes on the Breezes” by George Kent
  • FACTS AND FANCY:

  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Along the Way
  • Interesting People & Colorful Personalities — One-page each with large photo and text of the following: Patty Berg, Mrs. Alberta Moore, Carl Voss and Walter Vogler, S.A. Wald, Mrs. Whitehouse Walker, Jean Tooker, Elmo Calkins, Gov. James V. Allred
  • Are You a Good Sport? by Eleanor Early
  • Interviews — Contest Winner
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • What the Readers Say
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Ingram’s ad with drawings of Dizzy and Daffy Dean, Lou Gehrig for Gillette* (2/3 page), Camel Cigarettes, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1936-07 American Magazine Contents

    1936/07 — Cover is a natural-color photograph Paul Hesse

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

    MYSTERY NOVEL:

  • “The Paradise Canyon Mystery” by Philip Wylie
  • STORIES:

  • “Bright-Lights Girl” by James McConnaughey and illustrated by Al Parker
  • “Face the Facts” — Part 2 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • “A Dog Has His Day” by Hugh Walpole and illustrated by Seymour Ball
  • “Fortune’s Footsteps” — Storiette — by Robert H. Rohde and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “Turn Back the Clock” by Harold Titus and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • “They Who Have” — Part 4 — by Reita Lambert and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Square Peg” by Gordon Malherbe Hillman and illustrated by Robert C. Gellert
  • “The Stolen God” — Conclusion — by Edison Marshall and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Blood Money” is a Captain Blood strory by Rafael Sabatini and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Ladies on Relief” by Freeman Tilden and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • Opportunity by W.C. Teagle
  • What It Takes to Get into the Movies by Oliver Hinsdell
  • 200 Miles to the Stone Age by Robert M. Hyatt and illustrated by Herbert Paus
  • Youth Takes the Wheel by Theodore G. Joslin
  • Respectable Eddie by J. Edgar Hoover is about book collector, coin collector and bank robber Eddie Bentz
  • Cross Your Fingers! by Claudia de Lys
  • You’re Telling Me! by William Seabrook with Walter Duranty
  • 20 Years a Hostess in Washington Social Whirl by Mrs. J. Borden Harriman
  • Better Than Perfect by Archibald Rutledge
  • Your Chances for a Hotel Job by Lucius Boomer with Henry F. Pringle
  • Dark Horses of the Olympics by John Kieran
  • Plan It Yourself by Gerald K. Geerlings
  • FACT AND FANCY:
    INTERESTING PEOPLE – 9 Colorful Personalities:

  • Magicians – Cyril von Baumann and Andre Roosevelt
  • Olympian – Lawson Robertson
  • Lobbyist – Daisy Miller
  • Jockey – Katherine Reid
  • Quirksmith – Paul Mayer
  • Frontiersman – Billy Rose
  • Solomon — Ruth White Colton
  • Knitter – Mrs. Roy Largent
  • In the Groove — Miniature — by William Corbin
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Current Books by Donald Gordon
  • Mysteries — Contest Winners
  • It’s the Law by Dick Hyman
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • “I Think” — Contest Announcement
  • What the Readers Say
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1936-06 American Magazine Contents

    1936/06 — Cover is a natural-color photograph Paul Hesse

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

    MYSTERY NOVEL:

  • “Masquerade” by Max Brand and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • STORIES:

  • “Face the Facts” — Part 1 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • “Words and Music” by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Al Parker
  • “The Saint and the Siren” by Leslie Charteris and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Bad Man” — Storiette — by H. Thompson Rich and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • “Tuna Clipper” by Eustace L. Adams and illustrated by Jules Gottlieb
  • “The Stolen God” — Part 5 — by Edison Marshall and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “They Who Have” — Part 3 — by Reita Lambert and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Perish Me Gently” by John Saunders Fitch
  • “Love Ouanga” by Kenneth Perkins with large appx. 14-1/2″ wide X 6-7/8″ tall full color illustration by Norman Rockwell stretching across two pages
  • “The Better Half” by Eleanor De Lamater
  • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • Endurance by Glenn Cunningham
  • Dishing Up Two Billion Dollars by Hubert Kelley
  • Errand Boy of Crime by J. Edgar Hoover is about John Paul Chase
  • Dust Gets in Your Eyes by Frank R. Kent
  • Follow the Feet by Fred Astaire
  • We All Can’t Be Beautiful, But– by Helena Rubenstein
  • Turning Point — Miniature by John Winter
  • Dixie Flavor by Beverly Smith
  • Let’s Go Househunting by Selma Robinson
  • A Job Behind the Counter? – Answers by Percy S. Strauss
  • I Blow My Own Horn by Babe Didrickson
  • FACT AND FANCY:
    INTERESTING PEOPLE – 8 Colorful Personalities:

  • Improviser – Frank Capra
  • Insulter – Luke Barnett
  • Guide – Ted Peckham
  • Signpainter – Aubrey Williams
  • Rainbow – Ruth Hughes Aarons
  • Beanstalker – Ellen Eddy Shaw
  • Patcher – Mrs. Richard Rodgers
  • Soloist – Billy Lee
  • How Brave Are You? by J.W. Wrightstone
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Current Books by Donald Gordon
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Our Changing World by John Dungan
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • What the Readers Say
  • Does It Pay to Be Good? — Contest
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1936-04 American Magazine Contents

    1936/04 — Cover: Natural color photograph by Paul Hesse

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

    Mystery Novel:
    Complete in this Issue

  • “Death Stops at a Tourist Camp” by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • STORIES:

  • “They Who Have” – Part 1 – by Reita Lambert and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Skid ‘Em Baby” by Eustace L. Adams and illustrated by Frederick Chapman
  • “The Stolen God” – Part 3 – by Edison Marshall and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “The Bogus Buccaneer” by Rafael Sabatini and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Check Your Goat, Sir?” by Edwin Rutt
  • “Keep the Change!” – Conclusion – by Richard Connell
  • “Hermit’s Haven” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • “Fate in Her Hands” by F. Scott Fitzgerald and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “According to Code” by Maxine McBride and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • STORIETTES:

  • “Spirit of ’36” by Janet Dietrich and illustrated by Harry Bechoff
  • “Punch Drunk” by Thomas Casey
  • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • Commerce by R. Stanley Dollar
  • The Real Public Enemy No. 1 by J. Edgar Hoover with Courntey Ryley Cooper
  • America’s Head Umpire by Thomas Sugrue is about Charles Evans Hughes
  • 101 Ways to Win a Woman by Henry Penn
  • Alaska’s Flying Frontiersmen by Rex Beach
  • Singing Iceman by Hubert Kelley is about Richard Crooks
  • Playing the Gallery by Lawson Little, Jr.
  • Feast in the East by Beverly Smith
  • Why Get Married?
  • Prejudice Takes the Stump by Frank R. Kent
  • FACT AND FANCY:

  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Current Books by Donald Gordon
  • Interesting People:

  • Vagabonds – Monroe and Isabel Smith (full page)
  • Evangelist – Hazel Cochran
  • HIstorians – the Schnitzer Brothers
  • Protector – George McNamara
  • Dietician – Lucy Clausen
  • Skippy – Percy Crosby, Jr. (full page)
  • Unorthodox – Virginia Rainier (full page)
  • Detective – Dr. Maurice Goldblatt
  • Mite – Ruth Harvey
  • Farmer – Paul Green
  • Fixer – Lorenzo Winslow
  • Double – Orah Cormack (full page)
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • What the Readers Say
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1936-02 American Magazine Contents

    1936/02 — Cover: Natural color photograph directed by Ray Prohaska; Barker Devin, photographer.

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

    Mystery Novel:
    Complete in this Issue

  • “The Beauty Mask” by Mary Norman and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • STORIES:

  • “The Stolen God” — Part I — by Edison Marshall and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Keep the Change” — Part II — by Richard Connell
  • “The Captive Bride” — Part V — by Barrett Willoughby
  • “A Girl Can Get Any Man” by Mathilde Bruce Rodger
  • “Out of the Dragon’s Jaw” is a story about Captain Blood and Pirates by Rafael Sabatini and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “All Aboard for Shanghai!” featuring The Saint is by Leslie Charteris and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Scattergood Ties a Knot” is a Scattergood Baines story by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • “One-Horse Bank” by Edwin Dial Torgerson
  • “Lazy Man” by Richard Sherman with illustration by Ray Prohaska
  • STORIETTES:

  • “Spoils of War” by MacKinlay Kantor and illustrated by Herbert M. Stoops
  • “Winner, Loser” by Florence E. Shultz
  • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • “Peace” by Newton D. Baker
  • “Things I’ve Been Thinking About” by Henry Ford
  • “From Park Avenue to the Stars” by Thomas Sugrue is about astrologist Myra Kingsley
  • “Our No. 1 Communist” by Hubert Kelley is about Earl Browder
  • “Trouble Afoot” by Gov. Harold G. Hoffman
  • “Out of the Shadows” by William Seabrook
  • “A Chicken in Every Pot” by Beverly Smith
  • “Lost Acres” by Chester C. Davis
  • “Miles From Church” by Archibald Rutledge *(piece torn out)
  • “Can War Make Us Rich?” by Lothrop Stoddard *(piece torn out)
  • “How Aina Made the Front Page”
  • INTERESTING PEOPLE:
    Eight Colorful Personalities in Gravure:

  • Mrs. R.B. Ransom
  • Capt. John D. Craig
  • Gertrude Steele
  • Belle Benchley
  • Joan Hannah Dempsey
  • Jack Doyle
  • Mel Berns
  • Dr. Ales Hrdlicka
  • FACTS AND FANCY:

  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Along the Way
  • Who Drives Best? — Contest Winners
  • Profits — Contest Winners
  • Over Your Head by W.E. Farbstein
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • Little White Lies — Contest Announcement
  • What the Readers Say
  • Coca-Cola ad on the back cover
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1936-01 American Magazine Contents

    1936/01 — Cover is a natural-color photograph directed by Ray Prohaska, with Barker Devin, photographer.

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

    MYSTERY NOVEL:

  • “The Silent Staircase” — Complete in this Issue — by Leonard Falkner and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • STORIES:

  • “Keep the Change” — Part 1 — by Richard Connell and illustrated by A. Parker
  • “The Captive Bride” — Part 4 — by Barrett Willoughby and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • “The Miracle Maker” — Conclusion — by H.G. Wells with photograph by Paul Hesse
  • “Tug of War” by Paul Deresco Augsburg and illustrated by John Falter
  • “Dancing Daughter” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • “Pinched Finger” by Ruth Burr Sanborn and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Fame Is No Lady” by Gladys Taber and illustrated by Charles Kaiser
  • “The Kid Throws a Party” by Eustace Cockrell and illustrated by William Meade Prince
  • “All’s Fair” by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger
  • STORIETTES:

  • “A Matter of Realism” by Matt Taylor
  • “Curtain Call” by Marion Mason and illustrated by Albert Dorne
  • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • Desire by William Green
  • Forgotten Men by William Seabrook is about what happens behind locked doors at an insane asylum
  • Our New Pioneers by Arville Schaleben
  • Taxes Heavy?–Just Wait! by Frank R. Kent
  • Whozinnit? by A.H. Blank is about which movie stars are most popular with a top 50 list by the author, one of the country’s biggest exhibitors
  • Heaven, Incorporated by Hubert Kelley is about Father Divine
  • The First Time I Died by Eddie Cantor
  • I Hate Housework by Kathrun Van Rifenburgh
  • How to Get On with the Neighbors by Elizabeth Cook
  • Washington Reads the Stars by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • INTERESTING PEOPLE:
    Eight Personalities in Gravure

  • Eleanor Powell
  • Francis Sommer
  • Courntey du Rand
  • Mary Wiggins
  • Richard Langham Riedel
  • John Robert Powers
  • Mrs. Katherine Keeler
  • Mrs. Floretta D. McCutcheon
  • SHORT FEATURES:

  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Along the Way
  • What Would You Do? — Contest Announcement
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • What the Readers Say
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1935-12 American Magazine Contents

    1935/12 — Cover is a photograph directed by Ray Prohaska and photographed by Barker Devin

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

    SERIALS:

  • “The Miracle Maker” — Part 1 — by H.G. Wells with natural-color photographs by Paul Hesse
  • “The Captive Bride” — Part 3 — by Barrett Willoughby and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • “Marry the Girl” — Part 5 — by Edward Hope and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • SHORT STORIES:

  • “Safety-Pin Pilot” by Blaine and Jean Dupont Miller and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “A Tall Red Candle” by Margaret Weymouth Jackson and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • “Scattergood Breaks Into Society” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • “Date in the Dark” features The Saint by Leslie Charteris and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Grandma Was a Lulu” by David Garth and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • “The Ferry Over” by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger features a 12″ wide X 7″ tall color illustration by Norman Rockwell which spreads over two pages
  • “Thad Comes Home” by Constance Cameron and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • “Unknown Hunky” by R.G. Kirk and illustrated by Herbert Paus
  • INTERESTING PEOPLE:

  • Pinch-Hitter – Roy Ehmann
  • Birdman – Captain Russell Meredith
  • Prodigy – Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger
  • Thistledown – Alice Gibson
  • Holographer – Autograph hunter Thomas F. Madigan
  • Python – Frederic Grosvenor Carnochan
  • Boss – Ruth Beetle
  • Guppy – Mary Hoerger
  • GUEST EDITORIAL:

  • Adventure by Ray Chapman Andrews
  • ARTICLES:

  • Which Way Will the Elephant Jump? by Frank R. Kent with drawings by Rollin Kirby
  • Santa Claus Comes to Way Down East by Thomas Sugrue is about Eastport, Maine
  • Ten Man in One by John Janney is about Dr. Robert A. Millikan
  • Gems Can Talk by Herbert P. Whitlock
  • Hot Stuff! by Bevery Smith
  • What Fixes the Size of Your Pay Check? by Neil Carothers
  • Cashing in on Ideas by Webb Waldron
  • So I Bought a Farm by T.H. Alexander
  • Where Building is Always Booming by William H. Carr and illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt
  • SPECIALTIES:

  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Don’t You Believe It! by August A. Thomen, M.D.
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • I Nominate for President — Contest Announcement
  • How Long Do You Sleep? by W.E. Farbstein
  • Got a Scheme? – Contest Announcement
  • What Shall We Play?
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • Along the Way
  • What the Readers Say
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

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