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Argosy [January 1953] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, quarto, cover by Herb Mott) Information from EBAY auction. · Blood in Their Eyes · Harry Sylvester · ss; illus. Walter Baumhofer · A Ride with Blackjack · John Wallace · ss; illus. Philip Ronfor · Fly a Prayer Home · George Morse · ss; illus. Robert Stanley · The Perfect Pigeon · James Kirch · ss; illus. James Bingham · The Missing Diplomats · Percy Hoskins · ar; Donald Duart Maclean and Guy Francis De Moncy Burgess. · The Silver Ghost · Ralph Stein · ar; on the Rolls Royce. · I Fought the Jungle Peak · Captain Hal Basham · ar · 20,000 Legs Under the Sea · Marion Hargrove · ar; on Russell Shearman. · Where’d You Foul Up · Richard Gehman · ar; illus. Ralph Stein · The West’s Wildest Hunting · Herbert Asbury · ar; on buffalo hunting. · Safety Is for Suckers · Melbourne Lancaster · ar; illus. Herb Mott · Trapping of a Killer · Homer Page · ar; the coyote. · The Court of Last Resort · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; features the Eyes of Texas.

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Argosy [February 1953] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, quarto, cover by Walter Baumhofer) Information from EBAY auction. · Fo’ Dolla’ · James Michener · ss; illus. John Scott · Redbone’s Revenge · Hart Stilwell · ss; illus. Bob Kuhn · The Stomper · A. B. Guthrie · ss; illus. Walter Baumhofer · Foreign Fish · Walter Macken · ss; illus. Frank McCarthy · Murder by Headlights · Myron Stearns · ar; interrogation of Pilot, down on land by Lt. (jg) Clayton K Alford, USNR. · Best Partner I Ever Had · Roderick L. Haig Brown · ar; illus. John Scott · Damnedest Way to Get an Elk · Jim Reilly · ar; illus. Frank McCarthy · Nightmare on the Potomac · Victor Johnson · ar; illus. Herb Mott · Northwest Cowpoke · Walt Wiggins · ar · Western Slick Up · Ray Manley · ar · The Court of Last Resort · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar · Life or Death · Harry Steeger · ar; the investigation of the Washington state murder of JoAnne Dewey.

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Argosy [March 1953] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, quarto, cover by Paul Rabut) Information from EBAY auction. · The Elusive Sergeant · Geoffrey Household · ss; illus. Frank McCarthy · Many Rivers to Cross · Steve Frazee · ss; illus. Paul Nonnast · Escape Route · John Bender · ss; illus. John McDermott · The Quest of Mungo Gray · John Kruse · ss; illus. Walter Baumhofer · Night Patrol · Sgt. Lyle & Captain Jack Lewis · ar; Here is the closest the printed world can take you to the Korean War; the story of 5 Marines who live by night behind enemy lines as told by the “Kandy Bar Kid.”; illus. Hamilton Greene & photos · Adventure Under the Earth · Haroun Tazieff · ar; the story of the cavern of Saint Pierre Martin and Marcel Loubens and 6 who are threatened in a rescue attempt.; illus. photos · My Only Chance Was to Jump · Elmer McDonald · ar; a firemen in Fort Worth.; illus. Herb Mott · The Superb Simplex Automobile · Ralph Stein · ar; illus. Leslie Saalburg · Morodi · Misc. · pi; photo essay on hunting elephant. · The Court of Last Resort · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; features inmate Silas Rogers. · Argosy Collection of Lures · Larry Koller · ar

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Argosy [April 1953] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, quarto, cover by Philip Ronfor) Information from EBAY auction. · Racing Fever · William Campbell Gault · ss; illus. John McDermott · Death by Moonlight · Morris Cooper · ss; illus. Walter Richards · Bullet with a Name · Ray Bradbury · ss; illus. James Bingham · The Unbreakable · Walter Ballenger · ss; illus. Frank McCarthy · One More Chance · William Holder · ss; illus. Robert Stanley · Where Are the Tigers · Frank Harvey · ar; about Air Force flyers with photos including one of Colonel Clay Tice, Kinchloe, Joe Fariss, Harry Isbell, and Tom Nott. · I Drove with the Snow Cats · David Landman · ar; set in Northern Manitoba. · Argosy Field Tests Kit-Assemble Boats · David Lindsay · ar · Highwater Rampage · Walker Wallace · ar; illus. Herb Mott · Catch a Cougar Alive · Walt Wiggins · ar · The Court of Last Resort · Walt Wiggins · ar; features Silas Rogers. · An Honest Glass of Wine · Jim Beard · ar; illus. Ralph Stein · The Ideal Sleeping Bag · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar · Argosy’s Small Boat Roundup · David Rodman Scott · ar; illus. John Scott

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Argosy [May 1953] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, quarto, cover by Fred Freeman) Information from EBAY auction. · Lord of the Deep · John Kruse · ar; illus. Fred Freeman · One by One · David Lamson · ar; illus. Frank McCarthy · Into the Funnel of Night · Douglas DeNeen · ar; aboard the C-47. · Log the Man Dead · Eugene Burdick · ss; a strange English prison where seaman would never touch land again.; illus. Walter Baumhofer · How I Won the Mexican Road Race · Chuck Stevenson · ar · The Strangest Hunt of His Life · Howard O’Hagan · ar; a bear hunt.; illus. Bob Kuhn · I Jumped into a Crownfire · Thomas W. Marshall · ar; firefighting paratroopers fighting a fire of 27 August 1949 in Yellowstone. · The 64 Dollar Question (Truman and Utah Wilson) · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; illus. photos · The Iron Men of Bomi Hills · Homer Page · ar; iron ore mining in Liberia. · America’s Fanciest Handguns · Pete Kuhlhoff · ar · The Third Degree · Harry Steeger · ss · A Bowl of Fresh Greens · Jim Beard · ss · My Plunge into a Slate Crusher · Harold Tempest · ar; illus. Herb Mott

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Argosy [June 1953] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 96pp, quarto, cover by Philip Ronfor) Information from EBAY auction. · Outlaws in Town · Marvin De Vries · nv · Once Upon a Tomorrow · Samuel Grafton · ss · Fire and Ice · Floyd Mahannah · ss · White Darkness · John Kruse · ss · I Was Caught by the Flood · Airman 2-c Reis Leming, as told to W. C. Heinz · ar · The Sea Dogs of Wonsan Harbor · Commander Sheldon H. Kinney, USN · ar · It Isn’t the Man, It’s the Uniform · Marion Hargrove · ar · My Most Exciting Adventure · Peter Renner · ar · The Trouble with Police · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar

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Argosy [July 1953] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 96pp, quarto, cover by Bob Kuhn) Information from EBAY auction. · Bottoms Up · Dan Gallery · ss; illus. Fred Freeman · Bushman Tattoo · Edward Lindall · ss; illus. Walter Baumhofer · The Boiling Sea · Vincent McHugh · ss; illus. Walter Richards · The Man Who Owned Tomorrow · James Gunn · ss; illus. Morgan Kane · Fugitive’s Canyon · Hal G. Evarts · ss; illus. John McDermott · The Nightmare Deaths of Honolulu · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; illus. Michael Ramus · There Are No Young Marines · Lt. Col. Laurence Stallings · ar; with painting by John Clymer depicting the marines of the USS Wasp against the HMS Reindeer. · Under Water Safari · Frank Harvey · ar · My Life as a Headhunter · Paul Rabut · ar · My Roundup on the Rails · Charles Faulk · ar; illus. Dom Lupo · The Court of Last Resort:Ten Steps to Justice · Misc. · ar · They Are the Roughest Ropers of Them All · Willard Porter · ar; rodeo. · Cheesecake · Marion Hargrove · ar

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Argosy [August 1953] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, 112pp, quarto, cover by Philip Ronfor) Information from EBAY auction. · The Bretnall Feud · Steve Frazee · nv; illus. Walter Richards · Africa’s Most Dangerous Shooting · George Rodger · ar; hunting in Africa. · The Keeper of the Mountain · John Kruse · ss; illus. John Scott · Champ Loggers [Part 1 of 2] · Misc. · ar; loggers and their contests at Logger’s Jubilee in Morton, Washington.; illus. photos · Ordeal of the Peter Ten · Hillary Waugh · ss; features Lt. Jack Birdell and a WW II story on the Pacific.; illus. Gurney Miller · We Stalked a Man-Eater · Hal Hennesey · ar; illus. Bob Kuhn · Two Great New Cars · Ralph Stein · ar; the Pegaso and the Alfa Romero. · The Man Upstairs · William Gibson · ss; illus. Peter Stevens · My Most Exciting Adventure · W. William Puustinen · ar · The Ring of Death · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; the case in Oklahoma involving Helen Beavers and the Lefty Fowler Case. · Iwo Patrol · Phil Tuniman, as told to Ted Bawes · ss; a WW II story set on Iwo.; illus. John McDermott · Vengeance Island · Hugh B. Cave · ss; illus. Robert Stanley

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Argosy [September 1953] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, quarto, cover by Walter Baumhofer) Information from EBAY auction. · Test of a Man · William Cox · ss; illus. Walter Baumhofer · How to Make a Lot of Money in Vermont · Louis David Gelfan · ss; illus. Don Winslow · Grenade Watch · Lowell Barrington · nv; illus. John McDermott · The Trouble with Danger · J. M. Scott · ss; illus. Philip Ronfor · Play It Rough · Paul Ernst · ss; illus. Morgan Kane · He Wrings Out the B-52 (Tex Johnston) · Frank Harvey · ar · We Lived Through Hell · Allen Key · ar; the Norfolk Navy Fire School. · Designed for Argosy by America’s Drivers · Ralph Stein · ar; illus. Ray Pioch · What Men Can Learn About Women · Hannah Lees · ar; from The Kinsey Report. · The Greatest Hunter of Them All (Bob Lily) · J. Frank Dobie · ar; illus. Bob Kuhn · Best Way to Hunt Deer · Larry Koller · ar · This Is a Man Dying · Hy Peskin · ar; 2 page essay of scenes from Indy 500 and Carl Scarborough. · Bring ‘Em Up Alive · Hy Peskin · ar · Racing Thrills · Harry Steeger · ar; one page with 2 photos that feature Briggs Cunningham and Oldster Breese. · How You Can Find Gold · Robert Chrichton · ar · The Gator Would Not Die · B. F. Reaves · ar; illus. H. R. Van Dongen

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Argosy [October 1953] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, 112pp, quarto, cover by Bob Kuhn) Information from EBAY auction. · How the FBI Caught the Atom Spy Harry Gold (Klaus Fuchs) · Robert Deindorfer · ar · The Diamonds Were Free · John Kruse · ss; illus. John Clymer · Price on My Head · Bill Brownell · ss; illus. John McDermott · Follow That Frogman · Dan Gallery · ss; illus. James Bingham · Trouble at Rindo’s Station · Elmore Leonard · ss; illus. Elliott Means · The Air Force Gets Its Claws · Frank Harvey · ar; the B-47 airplane, includes photos of Captain Robert Carlstrom, Major Runnely, and Pilot McCoy. · I Rode with the Junk Raiders · Seymour Shubin · ar; narcotics, cops, and Philadelphia. · The Prison Riot that Did Not Happen · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; the Nevada State Penitentiary at Carson City, Nevada. · Karate · Chester Thomas & William Brown · ar · Archery and Hunting · Larry Koller · ar · Revolutionary New Barrel · Pete Kuhlhoff · ar · A New Practical Duck Boat · Robert Scharff · ar · Tough Guys · Harry Steeger · ar; crime detection. · How to Eat a Bear · Jim Beard · ar; illus. Ralph Stein · Dynamite in My Lap · Harold Edmund · ar; illus. H. R. Van Dongen

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Argosy [December 1953] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, 112pp, quarto) · This Room Is Top Secret · James H. Winchester · ar · The Captives · John Brick · ss; illus. John Clymer · I Just Lost My Head · Ralph Stein · ar · Sabotage Ltd. · Jacob Hay · ss; illus. Louis S. Glanzman · Bold Cat Bold Hunter · Sasha Siemel · ar · The Last Patrol photographed · Ed Feingersh · pi · Tiger’s Son · George P. Morrill · ss; illus. Michael Ramus · Island Feud · Hugh B. Cave · ss; illus. Frank McCarthy · Trust Junior with a Gun · Larry Koller · ar · Too Damn Many Rattlers · Lee F. Copeland · ss

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Argosy [March 1954] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, 112pp, quarto, cover by Frank McCarthy) Information from EBAY auction. · I Fooled the FBI · Harry Girth · ar; a Nazi paratrooper who hid for 7 years in US. · Those Crazy Deep Swamp Loggers · Frank Harvey · ar · Ben Hogan Is the Greatest · Walter Hagen · ar · How to Buy a Used Sports Car · Ralph Stein · ar · I Bailed Out at Ten Feet · Lieutenant Richard J. O’Leary · ar; illus. Herb Mott · The Skull Crackers · Walter Macken · ss; illus. Walter Baumhofer · Sailor from Nowhere · Joseph Stockdale · ss; illus. Walter Richards · Legacy of Violence · Steve Frazee · ss; illus. John McDermott · Queen of the Deep · Philip José Farmer · ss; illus. James Bingham · Court of Last Resort · Bob Rhay · ar; features the case of Marion S. “Bob” Corbin in Florida. · How to Make a Pin Up Girl · Marion Hargrove · ar

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Argosy [April 1954] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, 112pp, quarto, cover by Philip Ronfor) Information from EBAY auction. · Batting Averages Are Bunk · William Laas · ar · The Vice the Law Ignores · John Strohmeyer · ar · You Cannot Kill a Bear with a Camera · J. P. Moody · ar; illus. Robert Doares · We Crashed the Iron Curtain in a Tank · Vaclav Uhlik · ar; illus. Michael Ramus · Beer Diet · Ruth West · ar · The Buffalo Chips Were Down · Henry Bush · ss; illus. H. R. Van Dongen · Panic Station · Donald Morris · ss; illus. Fred Freeman · Outside the Law · Richard Wormser · ss; illus. John McDermott · The Green Mercedes · John Kruse · ss; illus. Hy Rubin · The Court of Last Resort · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; the case of Emma Jo Johnson of Nevada. · Wanted Adventurers · Forrest Adrian · ar · Foot Loose and Floating Free · Robert Halmi · ar; some men from the Balloon Club of America, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. · Indian Cowboys · Misc. · ar; the Apache. · All About Outboard Cruisers · Bob Whittier · ar

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Argosy [v338 #5, May 1954] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, quarto, cover by John Clymer) Information from EBAY auction. · I Sailed the Atlantic Without Food or Water · Alain Bombard · ar · The Drunkometer and I · John McNulty · ar; illus. Ralph Stein · Fat Had and Itch · Fred Gipson · ar; a story of Fat Alford, takes place in West Texas Pecos country.; illus. John Clymer & Elliott Means · My Most Exciting Adventure · William Ford · ar; illus. H. R. Van Dongen · The Man Who Talked Too Much · Jack Schaefer · ss; illus. Bob Kuhn · Try to Kill the Maggie Man · Bryan MacMahon · ss; illus. Walter Richards · Circle Up · James Edward Grant · ss; illus. John Clymer · The Court of Last Resort: Murder in Las Vegas · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; features Emma Jo Johnson aka Mrs. Jack Lambert. · Only One in the World · Misc. · pi; an albino buffalo. · The West and Its Meanest Outlaw · Walt Wiggins · ar; breaking horses, with photos that include Les Morgan and Smokie Bishop. · Nice Work If You Can Get It · Ed Feingersh · ar; features pilot Russ Laboda. · Catch a King by a Thread · Larry Koller · ar; fishing. · Be the Head Man · Robert Scharff · ar; on barbecuing.

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Argosy [June 1954] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, 96pp, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. · They Hunt Danger Below · Richard Tregaskis · ar; scuba diving. · The Truth About the Gas You Buy · Harry Henderson · ar; illus. Roy Doty · I Am Waiting to Die · Caryl Chessman · ar · My 26 Hours in the Sea · James Steen · ar; tells of a pilot in shark infested waters.; illus. H. R. Van Dongen · I Was a Human Anchor · James Kevin · ar; illus. H. R. Van Dongen · Green Hills of Africa · Ernest Hemingway · n. Scribner’s May ’35 (+ ) · High Duel · Frederic Sinclair · ss; about Arthur Slade and Sarah McBride.; illus. Philip Ronfor · The Arctic and Its Strangest Story · Peter Freuchen · ss; illus. William Sharp · Built for Speed · John D. MacDonald · ss; illus. Frank McCarthy · Watch the Clock · Hy Peskin · ar; racing, featuring Bill Vukovich.; illus. photos · Miracle Cabin · Robert Scharff · ar · 1,000,000 Campsites for Sale · Harry Kursh · ar · Beaver Airlift · Paul Corey · ar · Expert’s Perfect Fishing Kit · Larry Koller · ar · The Arsenal That Time Forgot · Pete Kuhlhoff · ar; with photos of old guns.

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