The Open Road for Boys Magazine, September 1941 Issue. Adventure Stories, Gliders, Preparing for WWII, Dionne Quintuplets Advertisement. Vintage Monthly Periodical. OP

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"The Open Road for Boys" was a monthly periodical sponsored by the Open Road Pioneers, an outdoor activity club with similarities to the Boy Scouts. The magazine featuring lots of adventure stories and outdoorsy projects, and participatory activities. Page 26 features an invitation to join the Pioneers : one can see all the purported activities listed that the club promoted. Of special note in this issue is an article on Gliders and Gliding; also of interest : "Trainees for Defense" shows that Americans were preparing for war even before Pearl Harbor. CONTENTS : Trouble on Hen Island a story by Earl Banner . Illustrated with photographs / Missing Model Mystery . A Reader - Participation Mystery . by Nathan B. Lincoln (Prizes were offered for the best logical solution suggested by readers) . Illustrated by Stanley Leland / Let's Glide . by Commander E. F. MacDonald, Jr. . Illustrated with Photographs / Boomerang Snatch . a story by Calvin M. Craig . Illustrated by H. G. Campagna / Timberline Trust . a story by L. Crawford Pritchett . Illustrated by Henry Moore Picken / Trainees for Defense / Devils Danced . by Howard M. Brier . Illustrated by S. Levenson. / And More . *************************************** TITLE : The Open Road for Boys / ISSUE : Volume XXIII , No. 7 / DATE : September, 1941 / EDITOR : Clayton H. Ernst / IMPRINT : The Open Road Publishing Co. / PLACE : Louisville, Kentucky / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Illustrated Monthly Periodical; 36 pages (pagination includes exterior); 8 1/4" x 11 1/2", photo-pictorial wraps, stapled. *********************************** CONDITION - VERY GOOD - Clean and complete , with the following imperfections noted: EXTERIOR : Splitting to foot of spine fold (about an inch); weathering along fore-edges (darkening to front - foxing to rear); moderate surface rub; a scuff with a bit of smutch appears on the rear cover at the foot. else clean and presentable. Original subscription address stamped on rear cover. / BINDING : Solid . No Leaves are detached or loose. / INTERIOR : Paper is toned; weathering and spotting to insides of covers along the edges . there may be some small scattered spotting or smudging through the text, but upon perusal none are readily obvious . else clean and unmarked throughout. N° de ref. del artículo 932

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