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The American Magazine [Vol. CXXVIII No. 6, December 1939] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 164pp, quarto, cover by Paul D’Ome) Details supplied by Denny Lien & Saskia van de Kruisweg. 6 · Along the Way · [uncredited] · ms 11 · Blonde on a Boat · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · ss; illustrated by Mario Cooper 16 · If War Comes—Uncle Sam’s Plans for You · Donald E. Keyhoe · ar 18 · Goal to Go · Hugh Pentecost · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta 22 · Too Much Kissing? · Ernest R. Groves; as told to Jerome Beatty · ar 24 · From This Day Forward · Charles Hoffman · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter 28 · That Kickoff Feeling · Emmett Wood · ar 30 · Gentleman of the Jungle [Part 3 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl; illustrated by Donald Teague 34 · Where There’s Smoke… · Joseph Harrington · ss; illustrated by Carl Muller 36 · Time Out · Sam X. Abarbanel · vi 37 · A New Way to Get a Job · William A. H. Birnie · ar 38 · Golden Lady [Part 4 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Alfred Parker 42 · Thanks to Brother Gus… · Beverly Smith · ar 44 · Revolt at Sunset · Arthur Tuckerman · ss; illustrated by Harvey Dunn 48 · Dime-a-Dance Girl · D. D. Beauchamp · ss; illustrated by Alfred Parker 51 · The American Youth Forum · Frances V. Rummell · ar 53 · Concerto · Borden Chase · na; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer 116 · Showing Uncle Sam the Way · Jo Chamberlin · ar 127 · Romeo and Juliet · Munro Leaf · hu; illustrated by Peter Arno 166 · One Sure Thing · Bruce Barton · ar

The American Magazine [v129 #1, January 1940] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 11 · The Snob · Nelia Gardner White · ss 16 · Christmas, 1776 · Beverly Smith · ss 22 · A Kiss for Santa Claus · Jim Crang & Winston Norman · ss 28 · Killer · R. H. Newman · ss 30 · Gentleman of the Jungle [Part 4 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl 38 · Golden Lady [Part 5 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl 44 · Spinner · Joseph Marshall · ss 48 · Aria to Sunset · Noel Pierce · ss 50 · Aged in Stone · Lucien Agniel · vi 53 · Another Man’s Poison [Rona Heath; Oliver Lord] · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na

The American Magazine [v129 #2, February 1940] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Tonight Is Mine [Part 1 of 3] · Hamlen Hunt · sl 16 · Let Me Alone · Libby Block · ss 24 · Preface to Love · Phyllis Moore Gallagher · ss 28 · Gentleman of the Jungle [Part 5 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl 34 · Golden Lady [Part 6 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl 36 · Four Bits · Forrest Kleinman · vi 38 · Come About! · Eustace L. Adams · ss 42 · Sound of a Gong · Robert Hyde · ss 45 · No Scarlet Woman · Thelma Strabel · na 51 · Home for Lunch · Eric Purdon · vi 54 · District Office 22 · Gladys Taber · ss

The American Magazine [v129 #3, March 1940] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 11 · The Handsome One · Winston Norman · ss 16 · Double for Trouble · B. B. Fowler · ss 22 · Call of the Siren · Leonard L. Leonard · ss 28 · Tonight Is Mine [Part 2 of 3] · Hamlen Hunt · sl 32 · Touch Me Not · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss 36 · Gentleman of the Jungle [Part 6 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl 39 · Little Blue Book · James R. Webb · vi 40 · To the Victor… · Margaret Culkin Banning · ss 47 · Death Came Dancing · Kathleen Moore Knight · na 52 · Traintime · James H. C. Simons · vi 56 · Man of Pride · Laetitia McDonald · ss

The American Magazine [v129 #4, April 1940] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 11 · Quicksand [Part 1 of 6] · Noel Pierce · sl 18 · Edge of Dark · Harry Sylvester · ss; illustrated by Harvey Dunn 22 · Mail and Female · Paul Deresco Augsburg · ss; illustrated by Earl Cordrey 28 · Tournament · J. Paul Loomis · ss; illustrated by John Gannam 34 · Tonight Is Mine [Part 3 of 3] · Hamlen Hunt · sl; illustrated by Dean Cornwell 40 · Bali Love Song · H. Vernor Dixon · ss; illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias 44 · Dream of a Girl · Clara Wallace Overton · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell 47 · Into Thin Air · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na; illustrated by Mario Cooper 52 · Flower Pot · C. S. Montanye · vi 56 · Merry-Go-Round · Brooke Hanlon · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer · April Is a State of Mind · Helen Turner Mitchel · pm

The American Magazine [v129 #5, May 1940] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 11 · Fools Rush In [Part 1 of 4] · Eustace L. Adams · sl; illustrated by Donald Teague not the same as the story of the same name in the February 22, 1930 issue of Argosy. 18 · Escape Postponed · Laura M. Loudon · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer 24 · Scattergood and the Spiteful Man [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by George Howe 28 · All Is Fair · John Hawkins · ss; illustrated by Earl Cordrey 34 · Quicksand [Part 2 of 6] · Noel Pierce · sl 40 · Half-Pint Kid · Borden Chase · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark 46 · Gay Laughter · Newlin B. Wildes · ss; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb 50 · Proud Possessor · James Street · ss; illustrated by Norman Rockwell 52 · Cold Deck · Devery Freeman · vi 53 · Sisters in Trouble · Rex Stout · n. Farrar & Rinehart, 1940, as “Where There’s a Will”; abridged. · Don Quixote · Munro Leaf · hu; illustrated by Peter Arno [Ref. Miguel de Cervantes] · To the Children · Robert Nathan · pm

The American Magazine [v129 #6, June 1940] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 11 · Strangers in Love · Viña Delmar · na 18 · The Cub with a Style · Donald Hough · ss 24 · Whip Hand · Ida M. Evans · ss 30 · Behind the Door · Stewart Beach · ss 34 · Fools Rush In [Part 2 of 4] · Eustace L. Adams · sl not the same as the story of the same name in the February 22, 1930 issue of Argosy. 40 · Quicksand [Part 3 of 6] · Noel Pierce · sl 42 · One Life to Live · Thomas Walsh · ss 48 · I Said to the Bartender · Charles Hoffman · ss 52 · Handy Man · Leon Ware · ss 56 · The Lost Land · George H. Freitag · vi 58 · Well Done · D. Wilson MacArthur · ss

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXX No. 1, July 1940] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 11 · The Siren Smiled [Part 1 of 5] · H. Vernor Dixon · sl 18 · Mass Flight · Blaine & Dupont Miller · ss 20 · Flashing Star · Alberta Hughes Wahl · ss 26 · Summer Bachelor · Charles Hoffman · ss 30 · Wife by the Day · Baird Hall · ss 36 · Fools Rush In [Part 3 of 4] · Eustace L. Adams · sl not the same as the story of the same name in the February 22, 1930 issue of Argosy. 40 · The Gold Brick [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss 42 · Guilt · Allan Vaughan Elston · vi 49 · The Calm Before · Mildred Cram · na 54 · Quicksand [Part 4 of 6] · Noel Pierce · sl 60 · The Trap · Richard O. Lewis · vi

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXX No. 2, August 1940] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 164pp, quarto) Details supplied by Saskia van de Kruisweg. 4 · My Poise · Rowena Autry · pm 8 · Go Slow · Beryl Henry · pm 11 · Danger Zone · Blaine & Dupont Miller · ss; illustrated by John Gannam 14 · Something to Remember · Herbert Ravenel Sass · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter 18 · Enemies Within Our Gates · J. Edgar Hoover · ar 20 · Double Fault · Don Tracy · ss; illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum 24 · American Youth Forum Art Awards · [uncredited] · ms 27 · I Kept My Baby · [uncredited] · ms 28 · Herald Angel · Beverly Smith · ar 30 · The Siren Smiled [Part 2 of 5] · H. Vernor Dixon · sl; illustrated by Matt Clark 34 · Is Our Neck Out? · Anthony J. Diamond · ar 35 · Fly for Your Life · Will F. & Betty Jenkins · vi 36 · Inferno · Westmoreland Gray · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell 38 · Brave Venture · Anne Darkwood · vi; illustrated by Bobri 39 · Homes for a Song · John Janney · ar 40 · Rehearsal for Death · Donald E. Keyhoe · ar; illustrated by Warren Baumgartner 42 · The Lady Forgot · Stewart Beach · ss; illustrated by Fred Ludekens 46 · Fools Rush In [Part 4 of 4] · Eustace L. Adams · sl; illustrated by Donald Teague not the same as the story of the same name in the February 22, 1930 issue of Argosy. 48 · Giants in the Garden · Mona Gardner · ar 49 · Dark Corridor · Constance & Gwenyth Little · na; illustrated by Alfred Parker 54 · Quicksand [Part 5 of 6] · Noel Pierce · sl 56 · Dot on the Map · Borden Chase · vi 57 · Confessions in Bed · Richard H. Hollaman, M.D. · ar; illustrated by Decker 58 · Uncle Sam’s Heaven · Gordon Gaskill · ar 129 · The Count of Monte Cristo · Munro Leaf · hu; illustrated by Peter Arno 164 · Mystery · Rex Stout · ed

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXX No. 3, September 1940] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 12 · Between Acts · Josephine Bentham · ss 18 · Savage Serenade · William E. Barrett · ss 24 · The Touch of a Gentleman · Willard Robertson · ss 26 · Traitor · Francis Swann · vi 28 · B-Girl · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss 34 · The Proud Merchant Prince · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss 36 · The Siren Smiled [Part 3 of 5] · H. Vernor Dixon · sl 40 · Regards to Old Man Trout · Edmund Gilligan · ss 46 · The Spendthrift · Henri Duvernois · vi 47 · She’ll Be Dead by Morning [Jim Steele] · Dana Chambers · n. The Dial Press, 1940; abridged. 52 · Quicksand [Part 6 of 6] · Noel Pierce · sl 54 · Tryout · John Hawkins · vi 82 · Confession · Stewart Beach · vi

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXX No. 4, October 1940] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 10 · Wildcat 13 [Part 1 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer 16 · Daughter Knows Best · Howard Brubaker · ss; illustrated by Gilbert Bundy 23 · Lover’s Touch · Paul Schubert · vi 24 · Smart Guy · Joseph Marshall · ss; illustrated by John R. Holmgren 26 · Some Call It Chivalry · Reuben Davis · ss; illustrated by John Gannam 32 · The Siren Smiled [Part 4 of 5] · H. Vernor Dixon · sl; illustrated by Matt Clark 36 · The Suitors of Sue · Helen Deutsch · ss; illustrated by Mario Cooper 38 · I Give My Life · Will F. Jenkins · ss; illustrated by Harvey Dunn 44 · One More Time · Alec Rackowe · vi 45 · Two Were Missing [Luke Bradley] · Hugh Pentecost · na; illustrated by Earl Cordrey 52 · Interview · Mitchell Wilson · vi 54 · The Girl from Hell’s Kitchen · Joseph Harrington · ss; illustrated by Alfred Parker 154 · Not the Type · Pat Fowler · vi · An Intern’s Love Letter · Justus J. Schifferes · pm

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXX No. 5, November 1940] (25¢, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 12 · Drums at Night · Helen Augur · ss 18 · Red Head · Brooke Hanlon · ss 22 · Wildcat 13 [Part 2 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl 26 · The Patriot · D. L. Champion · vi 30 · Blue Thunderbird · Betty Carothers Dill · vi 32 · Angel in the Woods · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss 36 · The Siren Smiled [Part 5 of 5] · H. Vernor Dixon · sl 40 · Celebrity Snatcher · Florence Leighton Pfalzgraf · ss 46 · Night Out · Loretta Burrough · vi 47 · Bitter End [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na 54 · High Hat · William A. H. Birnie · vi 56 · Toast to Today · Matt Taylor · ss 118 · Assignment to Danger · Karl Detzer · ss

The American Magazine [Vol. CXXX No. 6, December 1940] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell Publishing Company, 25¢, 166pp+, quarto, cover by Mead Maddick-Lownds) Details supplied by Kyle McAbee. 9 · I’ve Been Thinking · William S. Farish · ed 11 · The Girl Next Door · John D. Greene · ar; actress Martha Scott in Our Town. 12 · Our Tanks Are Rolling · Beverly Smith · ar 14 · “Most Likely to Succeed…” · William Du Bois · ss; illustrated by Harold von Schmidt 16 · The Talk of the Town [Part 1 of 5] · Ann Pinchot · sl; illustrated by Mario Cooper 20 · In Exile · Faith Baldwin · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter 23 · The A.B.C. of Pep · Clarence Woodbury · ar 24 · America’s No. 1 Nazi · Stephen Riley King · ar; about Fritz Wiedemann. 26 · The Bride’s Holiday · Marian Sims · ss; illustrated by Alfred Parker 30 · Find Yourself in This Picture · L. Frederick Miles, Ph.D. · ar; a pop psychology test. 32 · A Woman of the Republic · Edward Stevenson · vi 34 · Wildcat 13 [Part 3 of 6] · Tom Gill · sl; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer 38 · Star in the East · Eleanor De Lamater · ss; illustrated by Dean Cornwell 42 · Racketeers by Accident · Don Eddy · ar; illustrated by George Howe; criminal gangs fake accidents to defraud insurance companies. 44 · After-Dinner Speech · Francis Swann · vi; illustrated by Bobbi 45 · Doctor in the House · William Martin · nv; illustrated by Stevan Dohanos 50 · Elmer, the Giant Killer · John Janney · ar; about Elmer Lincoln Irey, investigator for Bureau of Internal Revenue (precursor to Internal Revenue Service). 52 · Perfect Secretary · Frances Adams Moore · vi 53 · How to Make Friends · Elmer G. Leterman · ar; illustrated by Ralph Stein 54 · Amateur Stooge · Alec Rackowe · ss; illustrated by Carl Mueller 59 · “What Americanism Means to Me” · Phyllis Merrill · cn 62 · Life’s Little Temptations · Philip Hummerstone · ct 69 · Swing · Lyman Anson · pm 77 · Interesting People in the American Scene · [uncredited] · cl 96 · Stretch Detectives · Norman V. Carlisle · vi 100 · [cartoon] · Shellhase · ct 102 · A Plant That Grew to the Sun · Holman Harvey · ar; about Dr. Philip White who studies tomato roots. 104 · Trial by Water · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer 120 · Johnny-on-the-Spot · Roland Coe · ct 126 · Carrots O’Hara · Hilda Terry · ct 130 · Well Fitted · Borden Chase · vi 154 · The Last of the Mohicans · Monroe Leaf · hu; as retold by the creator of Ferdinand the Bull. 162 · Cause for Divorce · William Steig · ct 164 · You Will Report · Gerald Mygatt · ar