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The American Magazine was founded in June of 1906 stemming from failed publications that had been purchased a few years earlier from publishing mogul Miriam Leslie and operated between 1904 and August of 1905 as Leslie's Magazine then until May of 1906 as the American Illustrated Magazine. See also: 1905 in literature, other events of 1906, 1907 in literature, list of years in literature. ...


In June of 1906, muckraking journalists Ray Stannard Baker, Lincoln Steffens, and Ida M. Tarbell left McClure's Magazine to help create American Magazine. Ray Stannard Baker contributed articles under the pseudynom David Grayson. Under John S. Phillips, who served as editor until 1915, the monthly magazine departed somewhat from the muckraking style and focused on human interest stories, social issues, and fiction. Initially published by his Phillips Publishing Company of Springfield, Ohio, it later was taken over by Crowell Publishing Company then merged to become Crowell-Collier who published it until its closure in 1956. With the changes in 1915, the magazine's editor was John M. Siddall (1915-1923) and it expanded its market considerably by concentrating on female readership. The cover of the September 1917 issue announced: "This Magazines Circulation Has Doubled in 20 Months" and the September 1922 cover stated that circulation had reached 1.8 million. McClures Magazine (cover, Jan, 1901) published many early muckraker articles. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Ray Stannard Baker, (April 17, 1870-July 12, 1946), American journalist, and author, was born in Lansing, Michigan. ... Joseph Lincoln Steffens (April 6, 1866–August 9, 1936), American journalist, was one of the most famous and influential practitioners of the journalistic style called muckraking. ... Ida Tarbell Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857–January 6, 1944) was an author and journalist, known as one of the leading muckrakers, whose famous exposé of the nefarious business practices of the Standard Oil Company established her as a pioneer of investigative journalism. ... McClures or McClures Magazine was a popular United States illustrated monthly magazine at the turn of the 20th century, often compared to the longer-running The Atlantic Monthly. ... State nickname: The Buckeye State Official languages None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus (largest metropolitan area is Cleveland) Governor Bob Taft (R) Senators Mike DeWine (R) George V. Voinovich (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 34th 116,096 km² 8. ...


Merle Crowell served as editor of American Magazine from 1923 until 1929 when Sumner Blossom took over. Blossom, who had been editor of Popular Science, was there for the last twenty-seven years of the magazine's existence. Fictional serials and short storys were a popular feature and the magazine published several winners of the O. Henry Awards. Other high-profile persons also contributed articles on a variety of topics. Contributing writers included: This article is not about the magazine, Popular Science Popular science is interpretation of science intended for a general audience, rather than for other scientists or students. ... Serial is a term, originating in literature, for a format by which a story is told in contiguous installments in sequential issues of a single periodical publication. ... This article is in need of attention. ... The O. Henry Awards are yearly prizes given to short stories of exceptional merit. ...


Image:Sayoung. ... J. Ogden Armour was a Chicago meat-packing magnate in the early 20th century. ... Irving Bacheller Addison Irving Bacheller (September 26, 1859 – February 24, 1950) was an American journalist and writer who founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. ... John Sidney Blythe (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942), better known as John Barrymore, became famous as a Shakespearean actor, lauded for his Hamlet. ... Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Hodgson Burnett, (November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924) was an English playwright and author. ... Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869–September 13, 1937) was an American author. ... Leslie Charteris (May 12, 1907, Singapore–April 15, 1993) was born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, to a Chinese father and an English mother. ... Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976), was a British crime fiction writer. ... Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 – July 7, 1930) was a British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. ... Jane Cowl (December 14, 1883 - June 22, 1950), born Grace Bailey in Boston, Massachusetts, was a succesful early American actress and playwright. ... William Durant William James Durant (November 5, 1885—November 7, 1981) was an American philosopher and writer. ... Amelia Earhart Amelia Mary Earhart (born 24 July 1897, Atchison, Kansas - missing from 2 July 1937, western Pacific ocean), daughter of Edwin and Amy Earhart, was an American aviator and noted early female pilot who mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigational flight in 1937. ... Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 - April 16, 1968), Jewish-American novelist, author, and playwrite. ... Time Magazine, January 14, 1935 Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and the Henry Ford Company (which later became Cadillac). ... Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene, OM (October 2, 1904 – April 3, 1991) was a prolific English novelist, playwright, short story writer and critic whose works explore the ambiguities of modern man and ambivalent moral or political issues in a contemporary setting. ... Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 - October 23, 1939), born Pearl Zane Gray (he later dropped Pearl and changed the a to an e in Grey) was an American author of popular adventure novels and pulp fiction that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. ... Raymond Chandler, in The Simple Art of Murder Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. ... Walter Lippmann - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... John Antonio Moroso (1874-1957) was an American author. ... Kathleen Norris (1880 - 1966) was an American novelist, and wife of fellow writer, Charles Norris. ... William Dudley Pelley wanted poster William Dudley Pelley (March 12, 1890-July 1, 1965) was an American Fascist and leader of the Silver Legion. ... General John Pershing John Joseph Black Jack Pershing (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948) was an officer in the United States Army. ... Olive Higgins Prouty (January 10, 1882–March 24, 1974) was an American novelist, best known for her pioneering consideration of psychotherapy in Now, Voyager and her feminist melodrama Stella Dallas. ... Grantland Rice (November 1, 1880–July 13, 1954) was an early 20th century American sportswriter. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945), is best known for his leading the U.S. through the Great Depression via his New Deal, his building a powerful political coalition, the New Deal Coalition, that dominated American politics for decades... Upton Beall Sinclair (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was a prolific American author who wrote in many moveieslksdjfpoiwiuropwquropu71293847012847820917492074237490237409217492374394owuefal;sdjal;fsdopfujfhg jdj hf h hsldfsdfjlsd fh hl;fssafshdof often advocating Socialist views, and achieved considerable popularity in the first half of the twentieth century. ... Rex Todhunter Stout (December 1, 1886 - October 27, 1975) was an American writer best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe. ... Time magazine, December 21, 1925 Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 _ May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist. ... S. S. Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 - April 11, 1939), a U.S. art critic and author. ... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946) was a British writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Island of Dr. Moreau and The Time Machine. ... P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (October 15, 1881 – February 14, 1975) (pronounced as WOOD-house) was an English comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. ... Harold Bell Wright, 1872 (Rome, New York) - 1944 (La Jolla, California), was a best-selling American writer of fiction, essays, and non-fiction. ...

However, editor Sumner Blossom wanted to encourage new fiction writers and during the 1930s the magazine adopted the almost unheard of policy of hiding the author's name on all works of fiction during the selection process. Magazine staff only learned the author's identity once they accepted or rejected a manuscript.


The Americam Magazine ceased publishing in August of 1956.


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