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Argosy [October 1956] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 25¢, quarto, cover by Bob Kuhn) Information from EBAY auction. · Frogman Commando · Henry Jordan · ar; British Commander Lionel Crabb. · Trujillo: Dictator Within Our Gates [Part 2 of ?] · Andrew St. George · ar · Football’s Two Wedged Weapon - the forward pass · Milton Gross, Lou Little & Eddie Erdelatz · ar; Columbia / Navy game.; illus. photos · White Ghosts of the Amazon · William R. Ray · ar; the bufeo.; illus. photos · The Air Was in Flames · A. E. Hochling · ar; the Hindenburg in Lakehurst.; illus. photos · The World’s Zaniest Capitalists · Charles Lanius · ar; some hometown boys from Trenton.; illus. Howard Munce · The Big Burn · Norman Daniels · ss; illus. Frank McCarthy · The Spoiler · William R. Cox · ss; illus. John McDermott · The Robbery Squad · Philip Week · ss; illus. Jack Hearne · The Handgun - Your Ace in the Hole · Misc. · ar; illus. Bob Kuhn · New Guns for New Cartridges · Misc. · ar; illus. photo · The Bob Marshall Bull · Larry Koller · ar; illus. Jack Dumas & Bob Kuhn · Ducks by the Dozen · Henry P. Davis · ar; illus. Ronald Wing
Argosy [v343 #5, November 1956] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by John McDermott) [STM] 15 · The Big Deal · Henry Jordan · ar 18 · Stars for Old Sarge · Lynn Montross · ss 22 · The Wild Goose · Andrew St. George · ar 26 · Outcast Rider · Calvin J. Clements · ss 28 · Doctor with a Ringside Manner · Stanley E. Smith · ar 30 · The Thief and the $80,000 Bricks · William Fairfield · ar 34 · The Man They Couldn’t Kill · Bertram B. Fowler · ar 36 · The World’s Wettest Brotherhood · Charles Lanius · ar 38 · The Dog with the Magic Eye · Robert Crichton · ar 40 · Break at Slug Canyon · David Perlman · ar 46 · Ride in the Shadows · James P. Duff · ss
Argosy [December 1956] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by Jack Dumas) Information from EBAY auction. · The Case of the Soviet Seaman · Gilbert Costa · ar; a USSR/USA espionage update. · The Fightingest Four Star General · George Alexander · ar; the story of Strategic Air Command, General Curtis LeMay. · The Nine Lives of Mike Malloy · Charles Lanius · ar; illus. John McDermott · The Man in the Gray Steel Suit · Merwin Dembling · ar; the holeproof weskit or bullet proof vest. · Strictly for Strong Men · Frank O. Hough · ar; illus. Ken Wing · The Inch That Can Destroy the World · Maurice Long · ar; on bacterial poisoning.; illus. Ed Valigursky · The Courage of Howard Blackburn · Lindsay Claiborne & Chuck Meyer · ar; illus. Frank Golden · Court Magician (Bob Cousy) · Arnold Red Auerbach · ar; illus. photos · The Robot Photo · Henry Jordan · ar; a new identification device invented by French Surete inspector, Pierre Chabot. · A Little Bit of Dying · Kem Bennett · ss; illus. Jack Dumas · The Night of Plenty Muchacha · Don Waters · ss; illus. Tom Hill · His Blood-Red Banner · John D. Craig & Joe Marx · ss; illus. Frank McCarthy · Hunting with Worms · Harry Steeger · ar · Half a Ton of Murder · Walt Wiggins · ss; a story of Marajo and hunting buffalo. · Bringing Home the Buck · Pete Kuhloff · ss · The George Holman Case · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; takes a look at the arsonist of the San Francisco hotel fire that killed 22.
Argosy [February 1957] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by Jack Dumas) Information from EBAY auction. · You Too Would Confess · Henry Jordan · ar; relates various tortures.; illus. photos · Mayhem on Ice · Milton Gross · ar; National Hockey League related story that has a photo of the Maple Leaves and the Rangers discussing some of the rules. · God’s Angry Man · Edwin Burkholder · ar; the story of John Brown, abolitionist.; illus. John Stuart Curry · Floyd Patterson That’s My Boy · Cus D’Amato · ar; illus. photos · I Fought for Hungary · Tibor Bela Redei · ar · Stand In for Murder · Charles Lanius · ar · Survival · W. Douglas Lansford · ar; an account of Guadalcanal.; illus. Walter Richards · Watcher in the Night · William Sambrot · ss; illus. Ed Valigursky · Escape from the Dying · Gene Caesar · ss; illus. Jack Dumas · Kill Me Not Lightly · Floyd Mahannah · ss; illus. John McDermott
Argosy [March 1957] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by James Triggs) Information from EBAY auction. · Phil Silvers Is a Top Banana · Misc. · ar; illus. photos · They Starved Themselves for You · Herbert Bailey · ar; a starvation experiment in Minnesota with Dr. Ancel Keys. · Hell on Leather · Willard Porter · ar; features Slim Whaley and photos and one showing a sequence of photos of Cheyenne Frontier Days. · It Is Tough but I Love It · Yogi Berra · ar; illus. photos · One Man Crime Wave · Charles Lanius · ar; features William Hamilton Harkins. · Ordeal of the Medusa · Thaddeus Tuleja · ar; the story of the frigate Medusa of 1816.; illus. Isa Barnett · The Plot to Kill Hitler · Richard Hanser · ar · How Crazy Is This Brush Factory · Keith Monroe · ar; either a 2 page article of a Los Angeles paint brush factory or an excuse for a 5 photo display of Tina Louise. · Over the River · Gene Lowall · ar; on smuggling. · Trouble at the Great Boar · George Morrill · ss; illus. Stanley Meltzoff · The Iron Jungle · Evan Hunter · ss; illus. Walter Richards · The Magnificent SNAFU · Robert Fuller · ss; illus. James Bingham · The Big Fish of Hurricane Pass · Walter Craig Williams · ss; illus. John McDermott · The Court of Last Resort · Gene Lowall · ar; the case of the brain washed Sioux, Oscar Whiteman and Cynthia Starr. · Igorot House of Courtship · Harrison Forman · ar; features the people of northern Luzon. · The Fabulous American 44 · Misc. · ar; illus. James Triggs & Pete Kuhlhoff · Never Cuss a Grizzly · William Fisher · ar
Argosy [April 1957] (Popular Publications, 35¢, 112pp, quarto, cover by Jack Dumas) Information from EBAY auction. · Who Killed Serge Rubinstein? · Henry Jordan · ar · The Monitor - Merrimac Hoax · Joe Millard · ar · The Strange Death of Leslie Howard · Maurice B. Long · ar · The Girl Who Hated Flies · Alan Jaffe · ss · Ghost of the Rimrock · Gene Caesar · ss · Death Is My Hostess · Sax Rohmer · ss · Drift Fever · Richard Harper · ss · The Big Drop · Willard A. Colton · ss · The Coffin Case - A New Look · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar
Argosy [May 1957] (Popular Publications, 35¢, 112pp, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. · Grand Inquisitor · Robert Crichton · ar · The All-American Bulge · Harry Henderson · ar · The Lady Was a Pirate · Wenzell Brown · ar · The Man Nobody Knows · Henry Jordan · ar · The Great Land Rush of ’57 · Harry Kursh · ar · The Billy Bishop Story · Arch Whitehouse · ar · America’s Breathless Millions · James Joseph · ar · Dark Journey · Orson Welles · ss · The Deep Place · Bryce Walton · ss · The Big One · Dion Henderson · ss · The Last Turning · John Wallace · ss · The Importance of Truth · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar
Argosy [v344 #6, June 1957] (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by Jack Dumas) Information from EBAY auction. · The Wizard of Tin Pan Alley · Harlan Richards · ar; on Mitch Miller. Photos include: Gerry Adams, Jill Corey, Frankie Laine with the Four Lads, and wife and kids. · Baseball and Its Secret Brotherhood · Robert Deindorfer · ar; illus. Ron Wing · Pleasure Town · Everett Webber · ar; the story of Storyville, New Orleans 1917.; illus. Stanley Meltzoff · Krebiozen: Failure or Key to Cancer · Herbert Bailey & Walter Ross · ar · Death’s Little Brothers · Charles Lanius · ar; set on the republic of Mount Athos. · Love Me Tender · Joe Reilly · ar · Bog Wild · George Sand · ar · Gasoline Alley Comes of Age · Dale Burgess · ar; the Indianapolis 500. · The Terrible Balloon Flight · Vincent Starrett · ar; set in 1863, tells the story of the balloon Le Geant and Nadar its pilot.; illus. Robert Moore · Now You Can Fly · Dick Halvorsen · ar · The Big Trip · William Holder · ss; illus. Bill Freeman · Sand · Arthur L. James · ss; the tale of a tough Marine drill sergeant and a recruit.; illus. John McDermott · Mr. Beasley’s Crime Wave · Nathaniel Curtis · ss; illus. Richard Hook · The Frightened Ones · Colin Jameson · ss; illus. Sam Bates · The Court of Last Resort · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; takes a look at a dramatic new turn in the Sam Sheppard Case. · Fishing with Cuff Links · Harry Steeger · ar · Pleasant Under Glass · Misc. · pi; 2 page, 4 photo essay featuring Lorraine Rogers. · The Lotus Eleven · Misc. · ar; half page article and photo.
Argosy [July 1957] (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by John McDermott) Information from EBAY auction. · Who’s Going to Win in 1958 · David Koonce · ar · Part Time Turncoat · Andrew St. George · ar; the story of Arlie Pate. · The Braves Won’t Blow This One · Johnny Logan · ar · King of the Spook Workers · William Gresham · ar; the story of Daniel Dunglas Home set in 1868 London.; illus. Walter Baumhofer · Deadly Ecstasies · Hans Fallada · ar; illus. Ray Keane · The Killer Cat of Kutru · Frank Hibben · ar; set in India.; illus. Bob Kuhn · The Chute that Failed · William Richardson · ar; illus. Ed Valigursky · The Mad Bomber · Millwood Falk · ar; the story of George Metesky. · The Krebiozen Story · A. C. Ivy & Herbert Bailey · ar · So Pale, So Cold, So Fair · Leigh Brackett · nv; illus. Jack Hearns · War Cry · Merle Constiner · ss; illus. John McDermott · The Last Answer · C. S. Forester · ss; illus. Dick Stone · The Hidden One · Eugene Newsom · ss; illus. Bob Kuhn · A Prize for Mr. Big · Steve Allen · ss; illus. Norman Baer · The Court of Last Resort: Nothing But the Truth · Gene Lowall · ar; a look at the Sam Sheppard case. · A Hatful of Rain · Misc. · pi; 2 pages, 6 photos from the film with Don Murray.
Argosy [August 1957] (Popular Publications, 35¢, 112pp, quarto, cover by Jack Dumas) Information from EBAY auction. · The Day the Bookies Wept · Bob & Jan Young · ar; illus. Sam Bates · The Shenandoah and Its Last Flight · Wilbur Cross · ar; set on 3 September 1925, about the greatest dirigible ever built illustrated by Ed Valigursky. It was crumbled to bits in an electric storm over Ohio. · CIA - Our Invisible Sentinel · Henry Jordan · ar · Prayer · Billy Graham · ar · The Amazing Cardiff Giant · Norman Schwarz · ar; set in Cooperstown, New York.; illus. Stanley Meltzoff · How to Outbluff a Gorilla · Vance Packard · ar; illus. Ron Wing · Hot Money for the Cold War · Maurice Long · ar; illus. Morton Kunstler · The Gunfighter · H. A. DeRosso · ss; illus. Harry Schaare · Blizzard · William Sambrot · ss; illus. Jack Hearne · Sergeant Brady’s Terrible Night · Bill Annett · ss; illus. Richard Hook · Cops Don’t Run · James Kirch · ss; illus. William George · The Court of Last Resort: Are the Sheppards Telling the Truth · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar · Armando Becerril Is a Man at the End of a Rope · Walt Wiggins · ar; illus. photos · The Abbe Lane TV Never Sees · Misc. · ar; illus. photos · Guns that Dazzle · Jeb Cole · ar · The Little Giant - Your Handgun · Pete Kuhlhoff · ar · A Look at Scatterguns · Gil Paust · ar · The Rifle for Big Game · Larry Koller · ar · Varmint Rifles · Fulton North · ar; illus. Bob Kuhn · The Unholy Wife · Misc. · ar; story of the movie with 6 photos from it featuring Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Beulah Bondi, and Arthur Franz.
Argosy [September 1957] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by James Wingate Parr) Information from EBAY auction. · 40,000,000 Americans Condemned to Die · Martin Caidin · ar; a doomsday story of the bomb. · Muscles and Magic: The Miracle of the Redlegs · Robert Crichton · ar; the Cincinnati Reds with photos that include: Wally Post, Big Klu, Birdie Tebbetts, Doan Hoak, Temple, Lynch. · The Incredible Wendell Phillips · Henry Jordan · ar · The Flying Codonas · Donovan Fitzpatrick · ar; a story of Alfred Codona.; illus. John McDermott · The Dog that Made Like Cinderella · Foster Drake · ar; the story with photos of Prince Tom, a champion cocker spaniel. · The Golden Hussy · Charles Lanius · ar; the story of Conning Cassie Chadwick, set in the later 19th century.; illus. Sam Bates · And Then I Wasn’t Afraid · Anon. · ar; a story with photos of Air Force recruit training. · They Ride the Long Trail · Karl Detzer · ar; Texas Rangers.; illus. Bern Keating · The Suburban: Mountain Goat on Wheels · Ed Schipper · ar · Trouble of Catalina Head · Morley Cooper · ar; illus. John McDermott · Skirmish at Las Nueves · James Miller · ss; illus. Jack Hearne · The Egghead Plays It Straight · Robert Bloch · ss; illus. Marshall Davis · The Dark Dive · Robert Edmond Alter · ss; illus. William George · Deadly Visitors · Richard McCauley · ss; illus. Walter Richards · The Court of Last Resort · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; takes a look at the human side of the Sam Sheppard Case. · Calypso · The Duke of Iron · ar; with photos of limbo dancers.
Argosy [October 1957] ed. Henry Steeger (Popular Publications, 35¢, quarto, cover by Jack Dumas) Information from EBAY auction. · Charlie Urschel and His Nine Days of Hell · Joseph Stocker · ar; the story of his kidnapping.; illus. photos · The Jersey Buccaneer · Fred J. Cook · ar; Naval history about Adam Hyler invading New York to attack His Majesty’s Fleet.; illus. Ed Valigursky · The Sky Divers: Madness on Wings · Robert Crichton · ar · Tilt Me Toward Tillie · Thorp McClusky · hu; illus. Ron Wing · Stick It in His Ear · Ray Robinson · ar; a baseball story about joking on the playing field. Photos feature Cleveland Indians and its bullpen taxi, Mickey McDermott, Joe Tipton. · Every Day Is D-Day · Robert G. Fuller · ss; illus. John McDermott · The Big One · Basil Heatter · ss; illus. Jack Dumas · The Last Dark Step · Martins Manners · ss · Trouble at Alton Pass · John Rhodes Sturdy · ss; illus. Philip Ronfor · “The Court of Last Resort” TV series · Harry Steeger · ar · The Sam Sheppard Case Breaks Wide Open · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar
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.

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