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Argosy [November 1957] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by Robert Geismann) Information from EBAY auction. · The Caribbean Legion · Jack Kofoed · ar; soldiers of fortune in Latin America. · Death on the Murmansk Run · Henry Jordan · ar; WWII story of a lost convoy (Convoy PQ-17).; illus. Ed Valigursky · Faun in the Afternoon · Lou Straus · ar; Ziegfeld Follies, Faith Bacon.; illus. photos · The Wetback Racket · Maurice Long · ar · Mr. Daimler, Mr. Benz: Their Wonderful Horseless Carriages · Ralph Stein · ar; illus. photos · The Strange Affair at Highbridge, New Jersey · Jules St. Germain · ar; the story of Howard Menger, a New Jersey sign painter who became the self appointed spokesman for the creatures of outer space. · Death Up Your Sleeve · M. Dembling · ar; pint size hand guns.; illus. photos · The Case of the Passionate Spinster · Dick Halvorsen & J. C. Ellis · ar; the story of Henrietta Worth of Kansa City.; illus. Sam Bates · Last of the Wild Ones · John R. Salter · ss; illus. Bob Kuhn · The Phantom Roundup · Merle Constiner · ss; illus. Jack Hearne · One Way Passage · Robert Edmond Alter · ss; illus. Mort Kunstler · Beast of Prey · John Wallace · ss; illus. Walter Richards · The Other Shoe in the Sam Sheppard Case · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar
Argosy [December 1957] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, 112pp, quarto, cover by Jack Dumas) Information from EBAY auction. · Hatchet Man of the Kremlin (Ivan Serov) · Henry Jordan · ar · The Man Who Wanted to Explode · Donovan Fitzpatrick · ar; Eric Muenter and a plot to kill J.P. Morgan.; illus. Sam Bates · Killer in the Deep Freeze · A. A. Hoehling · ar; German submarine U-2365. · Mister Muscle · David P. Willoughby & E. B. Mee · ar; a side show performer in England.; illus. Stanley Meltzoff · Up from Slavery · Dale Shaw & Mort Winthrop · ar; shaving the beard with two page spread of various historical shaving apparatus. · Kid Curry - Badman’s Badman · James Horan · ar; the story of Kid Curry in Hole-in-the-Wall Wyoming.; illus. Jack Hearne · Crack Up · Eric Hatch · ss; illus. Bob Abbott · Amok · Robert Edmond Alter · ss; illus. Jack Dumas · The Desperate Ones · G. Schweitzer · ss; illus. Bob Abbott · The Bid Rumble · Chet Vonier · ss; illus. Marshall Davis · Meet the Prosecutors · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar · Broadway Is My Business · Earl Wilson · ar; illus. photos · So You Think You Can Pick a Winner · Misc. · ar; two pages and five photos of the Billy Mack / Dan Jackson boxing match. · From Historic Jackson Hole Comes Sport of the Ice Kings · Walt Wiggins · ar; Cutter Racing.; illus. photos · It’s Only Your Neck · Walt Wiggins · ar; two pages and eight photos showing a team of motorcycle dare devils. The team is the Mexico City Police Motorcycle Squadron.
Argosy [v346 #1, January 1958] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by James Triggs) Information from EBAY auction. · Operation Atrocity · Maurice Long · ar · Why Shouldn’t You Smoke · Eric Northrup · ar · Airlift to Freedom · Clay Doster & Walter Davenport · ar; the story of a family in Bucharest that features Jack Maher.; illus. Harry Schaare · The Magnificent Major · E. Ward McCray · ar; the story of Major Pauline Cushman, United States Calvary.; illus. Sam Bates · Hussar in Hiding · David Lampe · ar; a 1918 story featuring Patrick Fowler.; illus. Robert Schulz · The Days of the Killers · Donald Barr Chidsey · ar; on bare knuckled boxers and boxing.; illus. John McDermott · What’s Happened to the Mixed Drink · Bernard Shor · ar · The Way of the Hunted · Georges Carousso · ss; illus. Bob Kuhn · No Man’s Wings · James Aldridge · ss; illus. John Styga · The Secret of Jackass Canyon · Samuel Taylor · ss; illus. Bob Abbott · The Crooked Road · Alex Gaby · ss; illus. Jack Hearne · Puzzle of the Phantom Gun · Gene Lowall · ss · Their Lives Depend on a Clown · Robert Crichton · ar; on the rodeo clown. Photos include Wilbur Plaugher.
Argosy [v346 #2, February 1958] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. · The War for the Moon · Martin Caidin · ar; illus. Fred L. Wolff · Walter Reuther Is a Man on the Spot · Robert Crichton · ar · Island of No Return · F. O’Hasson · ar; how men would come to Bloody Island on the Mississippi River and fight duels. Takes place in 1810.; illus. Sam Bates · Tall Tales and Sidewinders · Daniel Wilkes · ar · The Impossible Interview with Harry McCormick · Misc. · iv; illus. Jack Hearne · Ladies of the Night · Basil Heatter · ar; illus. Norman Baer · The High Place · Al Edwards · ss; illus. John Styga · Trouble at Donovan Canyon · John Rhodes Sturdy · ss; illus. Philip Ronfor · 100 Miles Up · Frank Harvey · ss; illus. Ed Valigursky · Hunt the Man Down · Richard Harper · ss; illus. Jack Dumas · Leaping Looie Is Hockey’s Wild Man · Al Hirshberg · ar; Louis Fontinato of the New York Rangers. · Chorus Girl · Frederic Appel · ar; on the life of chorus girls, with photos that include Chic James. Pat Farell with Mark Saber (Donald Gray). · The Court of Last Resort · Gene Lowall · ar; a case involving Mrs. Ella Faye Carver and daughters. · World’s Fastest Hull · John Kingdon · ar; features Fred Schultz.
Argosy [v346 #3, March 1958] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by Jack Dumas) Information from EBAY auction. · The Deadly Planet · Henry Jordan · ar; about Russia beating us to outer space. · The Hallock Murder Case · Walter Hoffman · ar · The Devil’s Blade · A. B. C. Whipple · ar; the story of pirate Edward Teach (Thatch).; illus. Anton Otto Fischer · The Man Who Could Sell Anything · Donovan Fitzpatrick · ar; the story of Harry Reichenbach.; illus. Richard Hook · The Stump Juice Blues · Robert Fuller · ss; illus. Robert Meyers · Flight to Chimbu · John Laffin · ss; illus. Ed Valigursky · The Distant Horn · John Walters · ss; illus. Bob Peak · Rebel · Robert Edmond Alter · ss; illus. Isa Barnett · The Big Kill · Larry Koller · ar; on buffalo hunting with bow and arrow. · What Makes a Fighter · Robert Crichton · ar; on Frankie Ippolito and boxing. · I Love You USA · Misc. · pi; two page photo essay on May Britt. · Tall Tail · Harry Steeger. · ar · Death of a Guide · Larry Koller · ar; the story of Cliff Rutledge. · Two Brand New Rifles · Peter Kuhlhoff · ar · The Court of Last Resort: The Court Salutes a Warden · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; features a visit to the Minnesota State Penitentiary at Stillwater and Warden Douglas C. Rigg. · Darby’s Rangers · Misc. · ar; on the movie, with photos and features Phil Stern.
Argosy [v346 #4, April 1958] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by Sam Bates) Information from EBAY auction. · The Big Sellout · Red Smith · ar; on Walter O’Malley, with snapshots that include: Zack Wheat, Dazzy Vance, Uncle Wilbert Robinson, Mickey Owen, Johnny Podres. · Madness at Midnight · Herbert Bailey · ar; John Nebel and his show Party Line. · The Murder of George Polk · Martin Ebon · ar; a story of the correspondent. · Little Mrs. Arsenic · Willie Painter · ar; a story of murder in Alabama and Rhonda Belle Martin.; illus. Tom McDermott · Boxing and Its Daffy Decade · Ray Robinson · ar; with photos that include: Max Baer, Lou Nova and Primo Carnera. · The Black 13 · Ken “Fronty” Nichols · ar · The Way of the Hunter · G. C. Edmondson · ss; illus. Sam Bates · The Last Dive · William Brandon · ss; illus. Jack Hearne · The Day of the Loon · Robert Fontaine · ss; illus. Norman Todhunter · Roan House · Homer Croy · ss; illus. John McDermott · Killer of the River · Robert Crichton · ar; the story of piranha. · This Is Darling Jill · Erskine Caldwell · ar; an article featuring a page and 2 photos of Fay Spain. · The Court of Last Resort · Gene Lowall · ar; Ellis Fewell.
Argosy [v346 #5, May 1958] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by John Walter) Information from EBAY auction. · War Fish · George Girder · ar; the story of the Wahoo submarine.; illus. photos · Calamity Jane · Edwin Burkholder · ss; illus. William George · Che: Key to the Destiny of Cuba · Don Hogan · ar · Baseball and Its Man on the Spot · Ray Robinson · ar; with photos that include: Walt Alston with Jake Pilter and Billy Herman. Jim Rivera and Earl Battey. Fred Haney. Minnie Minoso with Walt Dropo. Ted Williams. Birdie Tebbets. Yogi Berra. · How to Buy a New Car · Robert Crichton · ar; illus. John Huehnergarth · The Big Hunt · Robert Hansen · ss; illus. Jack Dumas · The Black Guns · H. A. De Rosso · ss; illus. Walter Richards · The Wise One · Gene Caesar · ss; illus. Bob Kuhn · Operation Meathead · Jon Barrister · ss; illus. Ron Wing · They Run for Their Lives · Al Hirshberg · ar; mistreatment of racing greyhound dogs.; illus. photos · Oh Captain · Misc. · pi; with photos of the play that include Abbe Lane. · Ring Around Death · M. R. Lynne · ar; Mexico and its bulls of bullfighting. · The Court of Last Resort · Raymond Schindler · ar; the Ellis Fewell Case.
Argosy [v346 #6, June 1958] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by Jack Dumas) Information from EBAY auction. · The Outcast · Ernest Haycox · ss; illus. Jack Dumas · The Day of the Terrible Goof · Robert G. Fuller · ss; illus. John McDermott · Man in a Nightmare · Richard Stern · ss; illus. Walter Richards · Death and the Black Prince · John Rhodes Sturdy · ss; illus. Jack Hearne
Argosy [v347 #2, August 1958] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by Stanley Meltzoff) · Fifty Years of Adventure · Misc. · ar; the Lowell Thomas story, with photos. · War for the Weather · Henry Jordan · ar; weather patterns and war. · Treasure Below · William Cole · ar; how they are going to bring the Andrea Doria from beneath the sea.; illus. James Triggs · Ordeal on Black Mountain · Clark Phillips · ar; the story of the authors ordeal, with two photos.; illus. Mike Mikos · World’s Craziest Airline · Franklin Brill · ar; the story of Pete Baldwin. · Rum, Light and Frosty · Robert Crichton · ar · The Last of the Wild Ones · Chad Oliver · ss; illus. Jack Dumas · The Passing of Major Drum · Ted Janes · ss; illus. Bob Kuhn · The Case Against Carroll [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · na; illus. Sam Bates · Not for Medals · Stedman Chandler · ss; illus. John McDermott · Boss of the Big Swamp · Ray Camp · ar; a story with photos of Tom Shirley working in the Everglades swamps. · Carmen Basilio: Fighter with a Heart · Oscar Fraley · ar; illus. photos · She’s Mystery, She’s the East, She’s Woman · Lin Yutang · ar; Asian women, with photos that include: France Nuyen, Eiko Ando, Miiko Taka, and Machiko Kyo. · Fishing with Ice · Harry Steeger · ar · I Saw Them Kill My Husband · Mrs. Jesse James · ar · Power at Your Side · Larry Koller · ar · Work Horse Guns · Pete Kuhloff · ar · Leather for Your Gun · Jeb Cole · ar · Dressed Up to Kill · Gil Paust · ar
Argosy [v347 #3, September 1958] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by James Triggs) · The Missile with a Man in It · Frank Harvey · ar; the F-104, with photos, one of Colonel James Jabarra. · The Magic Chamber · Lajos Ruff · ar; a man’s 6 weeks in Fo Street prison in Hungary.; illus. Tom Shoemaker · Ernest Hemingway Talking · Milt Machlin · ar · The Lonesomest Men in the World · Jack Martin · ar; alcoholics. · Madmen of the Mist · Mort Winthrop · ar; men and women tight roping Niagara Falls.; illus. Walter Baumhofer · Dorbitzers, Kibitzers, Tsitzers: Las Vegas and Gin Rummy · Alfred Sheinwold · ar · The Lady Killer and the Birdman · Andy Lewis · ss; illus. John McDermott · Last Ride · Joseph Chadwick · ss; illus. Walter Richards · The Return of the Arapaho Kid · H. A. DeRosso · ss; illus. Jack Dumas · Home Is the Sailor · Dion Henderson · ss; illus. Mike Mikos · Tucker’s Luck · James P. O’Neill · ar; sea diver Teddy Tucker in Bermuda, with photos. · Scatter Boys - She’s Hot Cargo · Ted Dutton · ar; truckers carrying hazardous cargo. · Strictly for Kicks · Russ Meyer · ar; women at a baton twirling school, with photos. · The Fork in the Road · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; a piece on The Court of Last Resort.
Argosy [v347 #4, October 1958] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, 112pp, quarto, cover by Jack Dumas) 4 · Fishing with Models · Harry Steeger · ar You and Your Car: ___ 6 · Drivers Want Better Dash Instruments · J. Edward Schipper · cl 8 · For the Skipper · Eric Nyborg · cl 10 · Clothes Talk · Gerald McCann · cl 14 · Back Talk · The Readers · lt 19 · “They Hated Me!”: The Bill Stern Story · Oscar Fraley · bg 22 · Death Below · George Grider & Lydel Sims · ss 26 · The Executioners · Dickey Chapelle · ar 30 · The Girl I Never Met · Charles Price · ar 32 · My Six Bad Days - Inside Look at a Street Gang · Robert Rice · ar 34 · The Banner · Arnold Caplan & Richard Gehman · ar 38 · Stilled Are the Guns · George Taylor · ss 40 · Magic Within You: The Miracle of Plastic Surgery · Robert Crichton · ar 42 · Thunderbolt · Robert Johnson & Martin Caidin · ar 44 · “We Didn’t Know How to Lose” · Frankie Frisch & Ray Robinson · ar 48 · The Murder Case Which Keeps Contradicting Itself · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar 50 · The Killer on the Hill · John Wyndham · ss 52 · South American Safari · George X. Sand · ar 54 · Game - From Field to Table · Ray Camp · ar 56 · You and Your Shotgun · Pete Kuhlhoff · ar 58 · Smarter Than a Goose · Bob Brister · ar 112 · It’s in the Cards: Poker: Why the “middleman” goes for broke · Alfred Sheinwold · cl
Argosy [v347 #5, November 1958] (Popular Publications, 35¢, 112pp, quarto, cover by Paul Rabut) Information from EBAY auction. · The Untold Story of the Marines in Lebanon [Part 1 of ?] · Dickey Chapelle · ar · I Say All-Americans are Phony · Oscar Fraley · ar · The Passing of Big Jim Fisk · Thorp McClusky · ar · Where Is Noel Field? · Henry Jordan · ar · Is Our Eagle Doomed? · Roul Tunley · ar · Hollywood’s Golden Screwball - The John Huston Story · Richard Gehman · ar · Klondike Mike and the Six Golden Maidens · Milt Machlin · ss · Dark Voyage · Robert Edmond Alter · ss · Trouble at Bull Shoals · Mike Miller · ss · The Terrible Ordeal of Sergeant Gold · Robert G. Fuller · ss · Taps for a General · Tom Burnam · ss
Argosy [v348 #2, February 1959] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, 112pp, quarto, cover by Don Ornitz) Information from EBAY auction. · This Is Your Enemy · Irving R. Levine · ar; a look inside Russia. · The Gunman Who Killed the Critics · Richard Gehman · ar; on James Arness. · The Last Long Voyage · Charles Boswell · ar; the story of Eric de Bisschop and his attempt to cross the ocean. · The Man Who Helped Kill Abraham Lincoln · Jack Kofoed · ar; the story of John F. Parker.; illus. Robert Schulz · Jets Aren’t for Joy Riding · Joseph Stocker · ar; illus. Ed Valigursky · The Witch of Wall Street · Dale Shaw · ar; illus. Stanley Meltzoff · Tornado · Dick Andersen · ar · The High Dive · Robert Edmond Alter · ss; illus. John McDermott · Call of the Hunter · Ed Montgomery · ss; illus. Bob Kuhn · The Good Fight · C. L. Cooper, Jr. · ss; illus. William George · The Sea Gull · James Hannah · ss; illus. Norman Baer · You Have Got to Be Tough · Muzz Patrick · ar; on hockey.
Argosy [v348 #3, March 1959] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, 112pp, quarto, cover by John Styga) Information from EBAY auction. · I Won a South Sea Island · Richard Gehman · ar · Up the Rebels · McLean Roberts · ar; story of the Irish Republican Army.; illus. Ray Keane · Monsters Are My Business (Ray Harryhausen) · Dolph Sharp · ar · The Flying Dark Horse at Rheims · Thomas J. Naughton · ar; 1909 airplane flying in France with photos.; illus. John McDermott · So You Want to Go to Europe · Harrison Forman · ar · Roaming with Fielding · Temple Fielding · ar; illus. N. M. Bodecker · The Prince of Gamblers (Richard Canfield) · Charles Boswell & Lewis Thompson · ar; illus. Sam Bates · Avalanche · Freeman Hubbard · ar; story of an avalanche of Wellington, Washington in 1910 with photos. · Nancy’s Man · Richard Baum · ss; illus. Jack Dumas · The Outsider · Jess Shelton · ss; illus. Jack Hearne · Good Cop · Hugh Pentecost · ss; illus. John Styga · Blood of the Champion · Walton Smith · ss; illus. Walter Richards · Carny Boss · Milt Machlin · ar; on Big Bill Appleton, includes a photo of Za Za (Marcella Bucky). · Range Detective · Walt Wiggins · ar; photos of Murray Potts and J. Ely Hodges. · I Dive for Diamonds (Ed Hartley) · Frazier Mackenzie · ar

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