The Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1940, Volume 212, Number 50 - The Black Tom Explosion / Bobby Jones

Published by The Curtis Publishing Company, USA, 1940

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116 pages. Features: Fantastic color-illustrated ad for International School Buses inside front cover; Lovely one-page color-illustrated ad for General Tire features young couples heading out to picnic; Attack! - part 1 of a 4-part serial by Leland Jamieson; The World That Was - Could the miracle of our auto industry happen now? - article with photo of the 87-acre employee parking lot at the Ford Rouge plant; Trotting Ain't Racing - short story by David Lamson; The King of the World - short story by William Fay; To Have and To Hold - Fletcher Pratt considers if we can defend the Panama Canal from air attack - article with color photos; A Name For a Boy - short story by Glenn Allan; Convoys Don't Advertise - Leslie Roberts describes how the Allies guard their sea lanes - article with photos; This Time It's Different - short story by Marian Spitzer; "Canadian Invasion" and Black Tom - Secret agent Emanuel V. Voska's story of the Black Tom Explosion - The story of Espionage and counterespionage in America - photo-illustrated article; Never Another Jones - What made golfer Bobby Jones so good?; Full-page Lucky Strike cigarette ad features color photo of tobacco buyer Fred Evans with tobacco farmer; Quick Service - part 6 of an 8-part serial by P.G. Wodehouse; Nice color one-page Chrysler ad features 'a drawing room on wheels'; Two pages of photos and information about Henry Ford's "Camp Legion" near Dearborn, Michigan - including photo of Mr. Ford; Lovely one-page color-illustrated Pontiac ad. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A well-preserved copy of this fabulous wartime issue.

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Bibliographic details

Title
The Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1940, Volume 212, Number 50 - The Black Tom Explosion / Bobby Jones
Author
Lamson, David; Fay, William; Allan, Glenn; Spitzer, Marian; Voska, Emanuel V.; Et al
Publisher
The Curtis Publishing Company, USA
Publication year
1940
Condition
Good
Binding
Single Issue Magazine
Illustrator
Allen, Courtney; Gustavson, L.R.; Clark, Benton
Edition
First Edition
Dimensions
Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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