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Argosy [November 1954] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 96pp, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. · How to Steal $8,000,000 a Year · Mike Stern · ar · The Kill of Graf Spee · Lt. Comdr. Thaddeus V. Tuleja, USNR · ar · How to Make Hay with an Atom · Andrew Hecht · ar · Football’s Richest Faker · Bob Deindorfer · ar · The Invention · Arthur C. Clarke · ss · Trail’s End · Morgan Lewis · ss · Step Down to Terror · John McPartland · ss
Argosy [January 1955] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 96pp, quarto, cover by Tom Lovell) Information from EBAY auction. · The Great Uranium Rush · Andrew Hecht · ar; features the Colorado Plateau. · Pesos on My Wings · Wayne Ingram · ar; the story of the ex-navy flyer Wayne Ingram.; illus. Warren Baumgartner · Mutiny Down Under · A. B. C. Whipple · ar; features Cyrus Plummer.; illus. Frank McCarthy · What’s Wrong with Big Time Basketball · Milton Gross · ar; illus. Lowell Hess · The Lowdown on Hi Fi · Booton Herndon · ar · Bird of Prey · Michael Gilbert · ss; illus. Robert Fawcett · The Seventh Year · William Fay · ss; illus. James Dwyer · The Court of Last Resort · Harry Steeger · ar · Winter and the Sea · Arthur Leipzig · ar · The Punch Inside Our Gun · Pete Kuhlhoff · ar
Argosy [February 1955] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 96pp, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. · Kings of the Devil’s Metal · Michael Stern · ar · Escape · William A. Ulman · ss · The Man Who Avenged Lincoln · Homer Gray · ar · “Tell Them That I Love Them” · Edward Linn · ss · Blizzard on the High Plateau · John Tiger · ss · The Captives · Elmore Leonard · nv · Macagony’s Fist [as by P. J. Gahagan] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Win ’37/38
Argosy [March 1955] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 96pp, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. · How Bad Is America’s Spy Work · Robert Deindorfer · ar; illus. David Stone · Papa Porsche and Your Car Today · Erwin Lessner · ar; on Ferdinand Porsche and his car. · Mr. Wellman’s Amazing Adventures · Andrew Hecht · ar; the dirigible America and reporter Walter Wellman.; illus. Tom Lovell · The Ape and the Very Merry Widow · Sam Boal · ar; the murder of Grayce Asquith.; illus. Stanley Meltzoff · Ballplayer Versus the Private Eye · Charles Einstein · ss; illus. James Dwyer · Operation Boxtop · Dolph Sharp · ar; on soldiers being offered $250 for ideas on how to win the war.; illus. Jo Spier · The Survivors · J. Elliott Spiers · ss; illus. Louis Glanzman · The Special Serves of Private Price · H. Heckman & Lionel Freed · ss; illus. Bob Peak · The Court of Last Resort: A Restatement of Purpose · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar · Dr. Gatling and His Wonderful Gatling Gun · Pete Kuhlhoff · ss
Argosy [April 1955] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 96pp, quarto, cover by Chaite Studios) Information from EBAY auction. · The Toughest Cop in America · Michael Stern · ar; on Lieutenant Frank Pape of Chicago. · The Silver King of the Sea · Gil Paust · ar · Mr. Hell on Wings · Hans Christian Adamson · ar; set in World War I, on Lieutenant Frank Luke, of Arizona, and his balloon busting skills.; illus. Robert Fawcett · Thrills and White Water · Farley Mowat · ar · The Torture of the Box · Salvatore Conte · ar; on Chinese torture. · How to Fool Fish with Feathers · Joseph Bates · ar · The Girl at the Bar · William Saroyan · ss; illus. Tom Lovell · The Court of Last Resort: The Big House · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar
Argosy [June 1955] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 96pp, quarto, cover by Bob Kuhn) Information from EBAY auction. · Inside the Real Mafia · Mike Stern · ar · Boxing Can Be Saved · Jack Dempsey · ar; illus. photos · The Genius and the Jackpot · Theodore Roscoe · ss; takes place in Philadelphia on North Twentieth street with its resident Professor Keely.; illus. Tom Hill · The Murder of the Foolish Beauty · Sam Boal · ss; involves Mary Jervis and Robert James.; illus. Robert Steigh · Mouthpiece of the Stars · Andrew Hecht · ar; includes snapshots of lawyer Jerry Giesler with his clients: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lili St. Cyr, Marilyn Monroe, Errol Flynn. · Disaster on the Deep · Stanley Washburn · ss; illus. Robert Steigh · The Grappling Pride of the Gas House Gang · Al Silverman · ss; set in the days of wrestler Ernie Roeber and features his bout with Terrible Turk.; illus. Euclid Shook · The Grenade · Charles Bracelen Flood · ss; illus. Louis Glanzman · The Court of Last Resort presents a Night on Skid Row · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar · Pot Broke Returns · Harry Steeger · ss; on Jay Beus and Bunky. · The Finer Things in Cheesecake · Marion Hargrove · ar; with photos is an article on sculpturing.
Argosy [July 1955] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 96pp, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. · Dice Dames and Dollars · Michael Stern · ar · White Water Vacations · Gil Paust · ar · The Truth About Wyatt Earp · Edwin Burkholder · ar; illus. Robert Stanley · Uncle Sam and the Fabulous Airline · Frank Harvey · ar · The Bull Elk of Snowstorm Mountain · Frank Hibben · ar; illus. Bob Kuhn · Operation Brainwash · Robert Crichton · ar; training at the US Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base. · Murder by Mistake · Sam Boal · ar; involves murder and Tony Von Phul, Frank Henwood, and Isabella Springer of Denver, Colorado.; illus. Dick Stone · Randal McClintoc and His Bear · Walter Ballenger · ss; illus. Jack Hearne · The Idiot Sheet · Hannibal Coons · ar; about Bobby Bowman of TV.; illus. Rudy Pott · The Court of Last Resort: A Gun Called Bill · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar · Best Look in Beachwear · Misc. · pi; features 3 large photos of Evelyn Bunn of the Martha Raye show.
Argosy [September 1955] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 96pp, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. · How Does it Feel to Die? · Harry Kursh · ar · The Phantom Cats of Iwo · Ted Bawer · ar · Inside the Big Blow · James H. Winchester · ar · Marciano - Bum or Bomber? · Jack Dempsey, as told to Jack Kofoed · ar · Ambush at Scissors Creek · Merle Constiner · ss · The Sealed Door · Noel Clad · ss · Sunday’s Kid · Richard Alden Knight · ss · The Impossible Homicide · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar
Argosy [October 1955] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 96pp, quarto, cover by Bob Kuhn) Information from EBAY auction. · Last Man Out · Theodore Irwin · ar; one of the greatest true stories to come out of the Korean War combat. It features Captain Theodore Russell Harris. · Death Is My Lodger · Theodore Roscoe · ar; on Earl Ferrel of 1926 San Francisco.; illus. Dick Stone · I Fought for Keeps · Henry Armstrong · ar; a story of the boxer. · The Terrible Turtle · Gordon Strunk · ar; America’s first submarine, The Turtle.; illus. Ed Valigursky · The Ballad of Jubal Puckett · Kenneth Kay · ss; illus. Louis Glanzman · Long Shot · John D. MacDonald · nv; illus. John Walters · World’s Most Dangerous Games · Misc. · ar; on Jai-Alai. · The Goof that Laid the Golden Egg · William Chamberlain · ss; illus. Jack Hearne · Are Monkeys People or Vice Versa · Harry Steeger · ar · Meat or Trophy · Elmer Keith · ar; illus. Bob Kuhn · It Is More Fun to Hunt with a Dog · Henry P. Davis · ar · The Court of Last Resort features The Case of the Phantom Firebug · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; the story of a fire in San Francisco with George Holman being charged for it.
Argosy [December 1955] (Popular Publications, 25¢, quarto, cover by Bob Kuhn) Information from EBAY auction. · A Warrior of the Sioux · Richard Ferber · ss · The Devil’s Spear · Alan Scholefield · ss · Brainwash · Al Hine · ss
Argosy [January 1956] (Popular Publications, quarto, cover by Frank McCarthy) Information from EBAY auction. · Slavery Does Exist Today · Maurice Long · ar; illus. Jack Hearne · He Tames the White Death · Edson Rich · ar; features Richard Stillman. · Cats that Hunt Men · Gene Caesar · ar; illus. Bob Kuhn · The Secret of the Rope Trick · John Keel · ar · Miracle in Milwaukee · Quentin Reynolds · ar; baseball. · Don Block and Paradise · Joe Mahaffey · ar · Madness in the Streets · J. D. Ratcliff · ar (r) · Manuel Rodriguez Manolete and the Last Kill · Kenneth Tynan · ar; on bull fighting. · Jail Bait · John D. MacDonald · nv; illus. Chiriacka · No Man’s Gun · Michael Foster · ss; illus. Frank McCarthy · Benny and the Sure Thing · Everett Rhodes Castle · ss; illus. Syverson · The Court of Last Resort: Tom Runyon · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar · Rodeo Hotseat · Misc. · pi; photo essay of Fred Lafley. · The Lieutenant Wore Skirts · Misc. · pi; on the film, with 7 photos featuring Tom Ewell and Sheree North.
Argosy [February 1956] (Popular Publications, quarto, cover by Frank McCarthy) Information from EBAY auction. · Say When · Gene Lowall · ar; illus. Walter Richards · The Man Who Sweet Talks Death · Walter Henry Nelson · ar; Harry Warren. · Mission Over Buka · Martin Caldin · ar; WWII story concerning the Solomon Islands, a lone B-17 and its meeting with Zeros.; illus. Ed Valigursky · Assignment Algeria · Robert Bridgeport · ar · Die, But Do Not Kill · Harrison Forman · ar; the story of the Matto Grosso.; illus. Jack Hearne · The Night John Baker Died · James McKimmy · ss; illus. Robert Stanley · The Last Night · Frank Bennett · ss; illus. John McDermott · Murder on the Keys · Richards Marsten · ss; illus. Ernest Chiriacka · The Court of Last Resort · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar; features Ernest Woodmansee. · Leopard in My Lap · Misc. · pi; features Michaela Denis and her husband in photos. · The Story Behind Moby Dick · Misc. · pi; with illustrations and small snapshots from the movie.
Argosy [March 1956] (Popular Publications, quarto, cover by Wendy Hilty & Nick Eggenhofer) Information from EBAY auction. · Hitler’s Death Mountain Treasure · Henry Jordan · ar · Killer in Shorts · Marvin Albert · ar; includes a snapshot of Bonnie Parker.; illus. John McDermott · He Climbed Everest Alone · John Keel · ar; the story of Maurice Wilson.; illus. Philip Ronfor · The Atomic Car · Alben Philips · ar; illus. Ed Valigursky · The Last of the Fencebusters · Arthur Daley · ar; on Ted Williams and the story of .400 hitters with snapshots of those who made it. · I Went Down with the Schooner Marvel · Harry Nathanson · ar; the 14 who did not make it and the 13 who survived its sinking.; illus. photos · Wolf Cry · Eugene Pawley · ss; illus. Bob Kuhn · A Kind of Whistle · Dion Henderson · ss; illus. Fred Otnes · It Is All in Knowing Your Men · Neill Wilson · ss; illus. Al Moore · The Case of the Happy Hippo · Hassoldt Davis · ar · The Suicide Run · Hy Peskin · ar; the Cresta Run St. Moritz, Switzerland with photos of sledding. · King of the Cats · Richard Hubler · ar; on Mel Koontz. · The Court of Last Resort: Write to Knight Tonight · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar · The Original Kickapoo Joy Game · Clyde Carley · ar; about the Indian game.
Argosy [April 1956] (Popular Publications, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. · The Spy Who Out Swindled the Kremlin (Jacques Kollmann) · Andrew St. George · ar · Our Billion Dollar Bootleg Hangover · Gene Lowall · ar · Cutlass Empire · George Woodbury · ss; illus. Saul Tepper · Baseball’s Artful Dodger (Jackie Robinson) · John Drebinger · ar; illus. photos · Simba · John B. George · ss; illus. Bob Kuhn · My God What Have We Done · Robert Lewis · ar; the Enola Gay.; illus. photo · My Muscle and I · J. Edgar Grove · ss; illus. Irv Koons · Nobody Pushes Me Around · Arnold Hano · ss; illus. Jack Hearne · The Case of the Purloined Philanderer [“Trust Little Al”] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) Oct ’55; illus. Al Brule · Nate Bartlett’s Store · Jack Schaefer · ss; illus. Frank McCarthy · Fishing with Hookers · Harry Steeger · ar · The Man Who Stole Alcatraz · C. William Chamberlain · ar · Make Your Own Gun Case · Pete Kuhloff · ar · Clothes Talk · Cecil Lubell · ar · The Purpose of Parole · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar · Lures for Salmon Tolling and Landlocks Down Under · Larry Koller · ar; illus. Ken Davies · Tricks that Take Trout · Harold F. Blaisdell · ar · Jackfish Country · Erwin A. Bauer · ar · Pan Fishing · Jim Mitchell · ar
Argosy [v342 #5, May 1956] (Popular Publications, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. · The Strange Two Lives of Otto John · Henry Jordan · ar · Custer’s Last Stand: Legend — Or Blunder? · Robert Crichton & David Miller · ar; illus. Walter Baumhofer · The Old 4-4-0, The Iron Horse that Won the West · Clyde Carley · ar · Murder Is His Business — Dr. Charles Larson · Carle Hodge · ar · Lose and Like It: The Jackie Gleason Diet · Richard Gehman · ar · I Trained ’em All · Whitney Bimstein · ar · Zep Buster · A. H. Hoehuing · ar; illus. Ed Valigursky · Fire Below! · John Wallace · ss; illus. Otto Fischer · The Devil Doll · Alben Phillips · ss; illus. James Bingham · Secret Weapon · Joseph L. Marx · ss; illus. Frank McCarthy · Hunting with Brickbats · Harry Steeger · ar · The World’s Most Powerful Handgun (Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum) · Pete Kuhlhoff · ar · Maid for Export · Misc. · pi · Fish ’em Up or Down · Larry Koller · ar · On You It Looks Good · Cecil Lubell · ar · The Harder They Fall · Misc. · mr · Baseball Superstitions · John Drebinger · ar · The Court of Last Resort: Law Enforcement at the Crossroads · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar
Argosy [v343 #1, July 1956] (Popular Publications, quarto, cover by Paul Rabut) Information from EBAY auction. · Percentage Boy · William Campbell Gault · ss; illus. Jack Dumas · The Last Ride · Vimscent Fotre · ss; illus. Robert Moore · The Big Score · Matt Taylor · ss; illus. John Walter
Argosy [August 1956] (Popular Publications, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. · Buccaneer from the Bronx · Misc. · ar; the story of Elliot Forrest. · Belle Star - Petticoat Desperado · Edwin V. Burkholder · ar; illus. Ernest Chiriaka · I Fly the World’s Hottest Fighter · Joe Ozier · ar; illus. photos · They Rode the Winds · Robert Crichton · ar; the story of the Andree Expedition to the North Pole.; illus. Stanley Meltzoff · Decoy for Death · James McKimmey · ss; illus. Frank McCarthy · Terror Town [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv; illus. John McDermott · The Big Leap · Walt Sheldon · ss; illus. Frank Golden · The Court of Last Resort features The Coffin Case - To a Private Eye · Gene Lowall · ar; with photo of Raymond Schindler. · Condor Hunt with photos · Walt Wiggins · ar · Pennant Stuff · Misc. · ar; a baseball story with photos with one each of Roy Campanella and Gil Hodges on the field in action. · High Speed Crack up · Misc. · ar; a speed boat article featuring Kenneth St. Oegger. · The Man Behind the Ruger Gun · Pete Kuhlhoff · ar; with photos of William (Bill) B. Ruger. · Jim Bowie and His Big Knife · Robert Bridgeport · ar · Armful of Gold · Misc. · ar; a photo essay featuring Eve Meyer in 2 pages. · How to Catch Fish in August · Dale Shaw · ar · Sea Going Slats · John Kingdon · ar; a story of Bruce Parker, with photos with one that features Evie Wolford. · The Man Who Hated Lincoln · W. Stanley Hoole · ar; Pink Parker of Troy Alabama, with a thumbprint photo of the marker he erected honoring John Wilkes Booth.
Argosy [September 1956] (Popular Publications, 25¢, quarto, cover by James Triggs) Information from EBAY auction. · Trujillo: Dictator Within Our Gates [Part 1 of ?] · Andrew St. George · ar · Jaguar · Walt Wiggins · ar · Prohibition - The Ghost that Won’t Stay Put · Gene Lowall · ar · I Was a Zero Pilot · Saburo Sakai · ar; illus. Ed Valigursky · Why You Gamble · M. Robbins · ar · Death in the Deep Six · Edward R. Grant · ar; rescue in the Cook Inlet by the Alaska Command. · The Naked Warriors · Francis Fane, USNR · ar; the story of Navy frogman who worked and died on Omaha Beach. · The Mean One · Russell Aitken · ar; the African rhino.; illus. Bob Kuhn · Whammy Buster · William Holder · ss; Baseball Story.; illus. Jack Hearne · The Borrower from Brooklyn · William Heuman · ss; illus. Marshall Davis · The Lieutenant’s Letter · Frank Tolbert · ss; illus. Frank McCarthy · The Court of Last Resort and the Clue of the Missing Mountain · Gene Lowall · ar · Strictly for Dreams · Misc. · pi; 2 page photo essay of Diana Millay. · Top Dog of the Sea · Dick Wolff · ar

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