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The American Magazine [November 1944] ed. Anon. Details taken from eBay listing. [PSP] · Women Without Men · Gertrude Schweitzer · na · Death Wears a Copper Necktie · Hugh Pentecost · na · The Forbidden Room · Nelia Gardner White · ss · Men Are So Faithless · Maxine Curtis · ss · The Question of Henry · Eustace L. Adams · ss · The Gilded Lily · Marion Baxter Taylor · ss · The Wishing Well · Bertram B. Fowler · vi · The Big Fight · Paul Gallico · ss · Honeymoon Overdue · Nina Purdy · ss · “Rainy Day” Roberts · Edmund Ware · vi · For Valor · Jerry Davis · vi · Scrubbing Up After the Dictators · Col. Charles Poletti · ar · Your Job After the War · Harry L. Hopkins · ar · Will Russia Communize Europe? · Ray C. Ellis · ar · Lady Irene · Jerome Beatty · ar · Lifeboats from the Sky · Gordon Gaskill · ar · Pitfalls for the Peacemakers · George T. Renner · ar · Can War Marriages be Saved? · Don Eddy · ar · I Hate Budgets · Lillian Mayer Smith · ar · G.I. Miracle · Steve King · ar · When I Missed the Bus · Ray Milland · ar · Wrap It Up for Joe · James Gordon · ar
The American Magazine [v140 #6, December 1945] (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 186pp, 8½" x 11½") [MH] 4 · Letters to the Editor · The Readers · lt 10 · The Food Front · Priscilla Jaquith · ms 12 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence N. Galton · ms 14 · Why Don’t They... · Misc. · ms 17 · A Girl Named Ann · Sgt. Frank Brookhouser · ar 18 · Brother Cupid · Muriel Roy Bolton · ss; illus. Ben Hur Baz 20 · The War and Our Vanishing Resources · Harold L. Ickes · ar 22 · The Trouble-Maker · Roma & Donald Rose · ss; illus. Thornton Utz 24 · Want a Job at a Million a Year? · Beverly Smith · ar; (about comedian Fred Allen). 26 · The Eighth Day · Matt Taylor · ss; illus. Edwin Georgi 28 · The World’s Biggest Rummage Sale · James Gordon · ar 30 · I’ll Take Care of You · Gertrude Schweitzer · ss; illus. Fred Ludekens 32 · Unwanted Americans · Don Eddy · ar; (about Japanese-Americans after end of war). 34 · 48 States of Health · Louis I. Dublin · ar 36 · Play, Tutti, Play · Albert Halper · ss; illus. Ben Stahl 38 · The Outsider · Brooke Hanlon · ss; illus. Pruett Carter 40 · Has the War Hurt White-Collar Workers? · Arthur Kornhauser · ar 42 · Scattergood Collects a Debt [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illus. Earl Cordrey 45 · Heed That Hunch · C. G. Suits · ar; illus. Ralph Stein 46 · Are You Throttling a Future President? · Harvey Zorbaugh · ar 48 · Darling, We’re Late · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na; illus. Fredric Varady 50 · Ten-Dollar Miracle · Florence Cummings · vi 56 · Fallen Star · John Scott Douglas · vi 64 · Twenty Stickeroos · Horace Hackenlooper · qz; (answers on p.79). 71 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct 81 · Signs of the Times · Misc. · ms 122 · Many Happy Returns · Sydney Hoff · ct 127 · Cause for Divorce · Sydney Hoff · ct 132 · Sign in Ceylon · Jack Dempsey · ar 134 · We Don’t Need the Draft · Senator Elbert D. Thomas · ar 145 · Interesting People · Misc. · ms 161 · Volcano [Dr. John Smith] · Hugh Pentecost · na
The American Magazine [November 1946] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [eBay] · Bewitched · Cecily Teague Crowe · nv · A Man Is Missing · Erle Stanley Gardner · na · Will You Walk Into My Parlor? · Maude Parker · ss · The Policeman and the Private · Dale Clark · vi · Inconstant Moon · Baird Hall · ss · Misfortune’s Child · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · ss · Unhasty Marriage · Andrew Geer · ss · Lady in Box 10 · Roy Hilligoss · ss · The Professor’s Secret · Beverly Smith · ss · Honest John · Duane Decker · vi · Night Rider · James Robert · vi · Lost and Found · Bernice Brown Brush · ss
The American Magazine [v143 #5, May 1947] ed. Anon. (cover by Victor Keppler) Details taken from eBay listing. [PSP] · Hour of Destiny · Jean Z. Owen · na · King of the Beggars [with Henry Kuttner] · Leslie Charteris · na; adapted from the script of the episode broadcast in the NBC radio series on 17th March 1945 · Just Be Grateful · Frances Malm · ss · Beware of Blonds · Horatio Winslow · ss · Freshwater Mermaid · Baird Hall · ss · Let’s Not Get Involved · Willard H. Temple · ss · Spotlight · Newlin Wildes · ss · Hoodlum Street · Don Tracy · ss · Girl without Flowers · Leonard L. Hess · ss · Dumb Kid · James Robert · ss
The American Magazine [v144 #3, September 1947] (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company; New York, 25¢, 160pp, 8½" x 11½", cover by Barbara Schwinn) Information from EBAY auction. · If I Were Seventeen · Helen Douglas · ss · Emmalina and the Lovers · Helen Cotton · ss · When You Go Marketing · Jerome Beatty · ss · The Return of Herbert Hoover · Sidney Shalett · ar · High Queen · Don Tracy · ss · Is Prohibition Coming Back? · Frederick G. Brownell · ar · The Latecomer · Anne Homer Warner · ss · The Unfurnished Heart · Elizabeth Dunn · ss · The Hanging Gardens of Manhattan · Edwin T. Connell · ar · Strictly for Laughs · Russell Maloney · ss · Polish Up Your Boss · Misc. · ms · Princess · Dorothy James Roberts · ss · Revenge Is Expensive: Rehabilitating Germany & Japan · Clifford S. Strike · ar · Pardon My Prisoner · Luther Reed · ss · College for Chorines: Chorus Girls · James Gordon · ar · The Negligee · Joseph Viertel · ss · Interesting People H. L. Mencken, Joseph A. Woodson, Hazel Brooks, Seymour P. Rosow, Ernest Ghyssaert, Pierre Belasco, Bryan Hannon · Misc. · ms · The Black Cross · Donald Hamilton · na
The American Magazine [January 1948] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") Information from EBAY auction. · Dangerous Freedom · J. Edgar Hoover · ar · Star Bright · Rosemary Casey · ss; illus. A. Freudeman · Ever See a Purple Lamb? · Esther Dorothy · ss · What We Have Done for the Russians · Jerome Beatty · ar · Pickup · Richard Carlson · ss; illus. Harry Fredman · Shadow of Indigo · Norbert Fagan · ss; illus. Edwin Georgi · Tough Man for Defense: James Vincent Forrestal · Sidney Shalett · ar · Big Girl Big Dreams · Isabella Taves · ss; illus. Robert Patterson · Dancing Death · Kelley Roos · na · Where You Pay Less Income Tax · John L. McClellan · ar · Lazy Lady · Julien Field · ss; illus. Lonie Bee · Looks that Men Like · Henry A. Bowman & Prisscilla Scott · ar · Scattergood Pulls the Strings [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illus. Earl Cordrey · Stop Getting Excited: Avoid High Blood Pressure · Peter J. Steincrohn · ar · This Is Wendy Bain · Frances Minturn Howard · ss; illus. Harry Fredman · Radio’s Handiest Man: Ben Grauer · Clarence Woodbury · ar · Flight into Spring · Bianca Bradbury · ss; illus. John Alan Maxwell · Disaster Is My Business · Henry Traphagen · ar · Farm Boys Strike It Rich · Misc. · ms · Which Mrs. Torr · Maude Parker · ss; illus. Andrew Loomis · Interesting People: Dr. Harlan True Stetson, Miss Syril Kay Norma Shearer · Misc. · ms · Revolution on the River · Stanley H. Kapner · ss
The American Magazine [v145 #4, April 1948] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") Information from EBAY auction.

· A Girl Named Joy · Helen Cotton · n.
· Man on the Run · Sylvia Tate · na
· The Enchanted Window · Phyllis Duganne · ss
· We Want McBride! · Max Shulman · ss
· I Speak of Love · Ross Earney · ss
· That Absent Look · Dorothy Les Tina · ss
· The Two-Grand Bump · Howard Breslin · ss
· You Never Know · Joseph Schull · vi
· Nice Girl · William Porter · ss
· Drop a Line · Robert Zacks · vi
· The Wallet · S. Robert Russell · vi
The American Magazine [v146 #5, November 1948] (25¢, 160pp, 8½" x 11½", cover by Katherine Albert) Information from EBAY auction. · Omit Flowers [Nero Wolfe; Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na · An Invasion of Privacy · Katherine Albert · na; illus. Barbara Schwinn · Man About Home · Faith Baldwin · ss · Painless · MacKinlay Kantor · vi
The American Magazine [v146 #6, December 1948] (25¢, 8½" x 11", cover by Wesley Snyder) [eBay] · The White Kid Gloves · Margaret Cousins · ss; illus. Ren Wicks · Now That You’ve Gone · Hope Campbell · ss; illus. Thornton Utz · Happy Go Lucky Guy · Gordon Malherbe Hillman · ss; illus. Francis Chase · The Sunny Hours · Russell Maloney · ss; illus. Wesley Snyder · Welcome Home · William Fay · ss; illus. Thornton Utz · A Little Tenderness · William Cole · ss; illus. C. George Garland · Sorry, Wrong Face · Carl D. Halbak · ss; illus. F. Scott Wood · Never Lose Love · Sarah Elizabeth Rodger · ss; illus. Walter Baumhofer · Double Check · Charles Carver · ss; illus. Baker · Death Draws the Line · Jack Iams · na; illus. Vincent Guise
The American Magazine [v147 #1, January 1949] (25¢, 8½" x 11½", cover by Walter M. Baumhofer) [eBay] · A Few Good Years · Faith Baldwin · na; illus. Robert Patterson · Wife of the Victim · Philip Clark · na; mystery. · The Long Honeymoon · Howard Linn Edsall · ss; illus. Al Freudeman · Swing Miss Posey · Nelma Haynes · ss; illus. Perry Peterson · A Hard Man to See · Oscar Schisgall · vi; illus. Bernard D’Andrea · Runaway Heart · Francis K. Allan · ss; illus. Amos Sewell · The Wonderful Dope · William Fay · ss; illus. F. Scott Wood · Crooked Lane · Norbert Fagan · ss; illus. John Clymer · The Critic · Edwin T. Connell · vi · A Whim of Iron · Ralph Condon · ss; illus. Arthur Sarnoff · Beginning Tonight · William E. Barrett · ss; illus. Walter Skor · Present for a Lady · Carl Prentiss · vi; illus. Bill Baker · Border Battles Among the States · George T. Renner, Ph.D. · ar · More Security for You · Oscar R. Ewing · ar · What Happened to Kansas · Clarence Woodbury · ar · Fugitive Husbands · J. B. Griswold · ar · Big City Skating Pond · Wayne Amos · ar · What Do You Mean—Dumb Animals! · Vance Packard · ar · Things I Can’t Explain · J. B. Rhine, Ph.D. · ar · We’ve Got to Pay More for Leadership · U.S. Senator Herbert R. O’Conor · ar · The Happiest Man I Ever Knew · Aiken Welch · ar · High, Low, Ace and Jane · Jerome Beatty · ar · Little Gift — Miniature · Jack Carson · ar · Our New Plastic World · Tom Bernard · ar
The American Magazine [v147 #3, March 1949] ed. Anon. (25¢, 8½" x 11½") Details taken from eBay listing. [PSP] · Private Affair · Oscar Schisgall · na · The Third Man · Graham Greene · na · Just Before the Wedding · Josephine Bentham · ss · Katie Hath Charms · Nell O’Day · vi · Stand-By Swenson · Fred Lane · ss · Bachelor Beware · Luelle & Philip Clark · ss · That Unpredictable Look · Isabella Taves · ss · Prom Girl · Anon. · vi · Scattergood and the Fiery Zealot [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss · Mother Means Well · Brooke Hanlon · ss · The Dangerous Type · Joseph Millard · vi · Tomorrow Is a New Day · Bob Hope · ar · Why You Are Safer in Milwaukee · Jerome Beatty · ar · Where Do You Take Your Troubles? · Smiley Blanton, M.D. · ar · How to Pick a Dog · Blanche Saunders · ar · Trash or Treasure? · Sigmund Rothschild · ar · What’s Keeping Prices Up · U.S. Representative Jacob K. Jabits · ar · Everybody’s Neighbor · Jack Long · ar · Diamond Theives · Arthur Daley · ar · Terrible!-Miniature · John Golden · ar
The American Magazine [v147 #4, April 1949] (25¢, 8½" x 11", cover by Walter Baumhofer) [eBay] · Pioneers Next Door · William Drake · ss; illus. Euclid Shook · Walk on Tiptoe · Marjorie Carter · ss; illus. Robert Patterson · The Man Who Couldn’t Sleep · Paul Kunasz · ss; illus. Francis Chase · No One But You · Eustace Cockrell · ss; illus. Austin Briggs · The Quicker Hand · Herbert Brean · ss; illus. Ben Prins · The Money Tree · Ernest K. Gann · ss; illus. Lonie Bee · Love That Bad Man · Charles Green · ss; illus. Perry Peterson · Swindle Sweet and Simple · Norbert Davis · ss; illus. J. Frederick Smith · The Betrayal · Norma Mansfield · ss; illus. James Bingham · Curtain Going Up · Donald M. Richardson · ss; illus. Bill Baker · Invitation to Murder · Peter Ordway · na; illus. Bernard D’Andrea
The American Magazine [v148 #2, August 1949] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [eBay] · I Am Still Alive · Edward Hope · na · Murder for the President’s Purse · Hugh Pentecost · na · Speak to Me, Darling · Scott Young · ss · Murderess · Dorothy Curnow Handley · ss · One More Chance · Belva Plain · ss · Toro · Robert Carse · ss · This Is the Magic · Francis K. Allan · ss · Sole Mates · Eddie Forester · vi · Do Not Disturb · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss · The Sitter and the Socker · Judson Philips · ss · Anniversary · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi · You Have 20 Chances to My One · Charles C. Willoughby · ar · We Can Give Away Too Much · George W. Malone · ar · Don’t Shoot, Ma! · Roy Rogers · ar · I Owe My Life to the Atom Bomb · I. S. Randall · ar · Travelers Tell All · Hubert Kelley · ar · How to Pick a Perfume · Philip C. Smith · ar · We’re on the Road to Bankruptcy · Harry F. Byrd · ar · You Can Write It Down · V. K. Zworykin, Ph.D. · ar
The American Magazine [v148 #3, September 1949] ed. Anon. (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [PSP] · The Sharper Sword · Gordon Gaskill · nv · Better Off Dead · Helen McCloy · na · I’m Not for You · Faith Baldwin · ss · The Charming Heel · Don Tracy · ss · Nightmare Pilot · Robert Dexter Neff · ss · No Tears · Norma Mansfield · ss · The Marauders · Will F. Jenkins · ss · Judgment · Walter G. Anderson · vi · Miss Drew’s Miracle · Eleanor Gilchrist · vi · The Torch · Eve Burkhardt · ss · Birthday Girl · Harold Goldman · vi · What America Means to Me · Louis R. Bruce, Jr. · ar · We Need a Fifth Freedom · Herman W. Steinkraus · ar · Revolutions—The American Way · Robert P. Russell · ar · Our Worst Slum · Clarence Woodbury · ar · War in Kentucky · Don Eddy · ar · Tex’s Lucky Jinx · Jerome Beatty · ar · GI Pioneers in Europe · Stuart Marey · ar · Bus to Nowhere · Wayne Amos · ar
The American Magazine [v148 #4, October 1949] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [eBay] · The Diamond · David Chandler · na · Three Strikes and Dead · Philip Clark · na · Manhattan on the Nile · Gordon Gaskill · ss · Hi, Johnny! · Blaise W. Lane · ss · Office Dinner · Charles Robbins · ss · A Dog Like Buster · Willard H. Temple · ss · The Misfit · Ernest Haycox · ss · Rememberence · William W. Cook · ss · Rocky’s Rose · Eustace Cockrell · ss · Nana’s Gamble · Moran Tudury · ss · Name the Man · Peter Bowman · ss
The American Magazine [v149 #1, January 1950] (25¢, 8½" x 11") [eBay] · Mirror, Mirror · Cecilia Bartholomew · ss · Moonlit Sport · John D. MacDonald · ss; illus. Walter Baumhofer · Dance with Me · Alec Rackowe · ss; illus. Ernest Chiriaka · Love Letter · Phyllis Duganne · ss; illus. Gwen Fremlin · Don’t Darken My Door · Merle Constiner · ss; illus. George Garland · Echo · James Robert · vi · The Idol · Belva Plain · ss; illus. Milton Wolsky · The Top Rung · Jerome Brondfield · vi; illus. Clyde Ross · The Galloping Gaucho · Rosalie F. Wilson · ss; illus. F. Scott Wood · Spring Showing · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na; illus. Tom Lovell · All by Myself · Lawrence Williams · vi; illus. Marshall Bouldin · The Trial of Steven Kent · Josephine Bentham · na; illus. Vincent Guise

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