The American Mercury February 1937

01/06/2011 American Mercury

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Russia’s Private War in Spain, by Lawrence Dennis

Portrait of Walter Winchell, Henry F. Pringle

The Bogus Era of Good Feeling, by Albert Jay Nock

Oregon’s Secret Love Cult, by Stewart H. Holbrook

Twenty Grand Apiece, Edward Anderson

Horse and Buggy Days, Della T. Lutes

The American Future, by H. L. Mencken

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