Did you grow up reading the Beany Malone books? If so, the author, Lenore Mattingly Weber, is in this issue with a short story. Her name jumped right off the cover for me! Other items of interest are an article about the actvities of the Ku Klux Klan, a story by John P. Marquand, and preparations for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Oh, and of course those elegant fashion plates. The magazine is clean and tightly bound with a small tear to top and bottom of spine, both of which I repaired with almost invisible archival tape. Other than that there's a few tiny bits of edge wear and mild soil to ligh... View More...
Very nice clean booklet which tells a fascinating tale. George Whythe may not be a household name, but he was a big deal in colonial America -- first American law professor, abolitionist, noted classics scholar, Virginia judge, and the first of the seven Virginia signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. He also served as representative in the Continental Congress and at the Constitutional Convention.AND he taught and mentored to Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and Henry Clay. So when he turned up murdered it was no small mater. The booklet solves the case with 64 detailed pag... View More...
Oversized magazine with a gorgeous cover by William P. Welsh. Inside there's a nice surprise -- a story by Pearl Buck titled "What the Heart Must." There's also the conclusion of a Kathleen Norris'story, "You can't Have Everything." But there's also the beginning of the story on the front cover banner which bills it as "an emotional novel of the deep south." A major article is "Putting Down Crime -- Thomas Dewey's Amazing War on the Racketeers." Household articles abound including a look at the California bungalow, the pleasure of a new coat of paint, problems of the working mother, and when y... View More...
This is a brand new book about the forbidding prison known as Alcatraz, the in the middle of San Francisco Bay. The book measures 8-1/2"x11" and has 127 glossy pages. The photographs are in black and white which is just right for the situation. The photos are many, as is the text. There are also many stories -- one of which is Frank Heaney who was Alcatraz's as the youngest guard. Interestng!!! View More...
Crisp, clean booklet about men and women who walked on the dark side of the late 1900's. Each page has two rascals, rogues, and criminals with info and a black and white photos of which did nothing to enhance the faces. There are pickpockets, bank burglars, forgers, shop lifters, hotel thiefs, writers of bogus checks, confidence and sawdust games, bludgeon workers, and window smashers. All have nicknames such as Cincinnati Red, Boston Charlie, Ex-Gov.Moses, and Old Mother Hubbard. The booklet measures 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and has 32 pages View More...
Very interesting little booklet which will appeal to history buffs and fans of real crime. It takes place in 1871 Nevada when 29 convicts broke out of the Nevada Sate Penitentiary in Carson City. Six fled into California where they were ultimately cornered at Convict Lake by a posse. of course a shoot-out ensued and the convicts killed several men in the possse before embarking on another flight. Three, however, were captured, lynched, and tried. Two of the three were hung. Info is based on newspaper acounts of the day. Booklet is illustrated throughout and has 30 pages. It's also SIGNED with... View More...
