''The American Boy'' was a monthly
magazine
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published by The Sprague Publishing Co. of
Detroit,
Michigan from November 1899 to August 1941. At the time it was the largest magazine for boys, with a circulation of 300,000,
and it featured action stories and advertising for the young boy.
In 1911 a copy cost $0.10, and a year's
subscription
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was $1.00. Format was 16" high by 12" wide. Founded by William C. Sprague of the Detroit-based Sprague Publishing Company in 1900,
Griffith Ogden Ellis took over as
president and
editor
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in 1908. J. Cotner Jr. was
secretary and
treasurer; H. D. Montgomerie was
managing editor and
Clarence Budington Kelland was assistant editor. In 1929, Ellis merged the magazine with its rival, ''
Youth's Companion'',
[ and in 1939 he sold his interest to his business manager, Elmer Presley Grierson. ]Franklin M. Reck
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Biography
Franklin Mering Reck was born in Chicago, Ill ...
was managing editor from 1936 to 1941. George F. Pierrot
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(1898–1980), former managing editor and well-known traveler, became half-owner and co-publisher on November 1, 1940.[''Literary Market Tips'', ''Author & Journalist'', October 1940.]
See also
* "The Story of the American Boy", ''The Writer
''The Writer'' is a magazine for writers, published monthly by Madavor Media.
History
''The Writer'' was first established by William H. Hills and Robert Luce, two ''Boston Globe'' reporters, as "a monthly magazine to interest and help all lit ...
'', June 1930
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Children's magazines published in the United States
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1899
Magazines disestablished in 1941
Magazines published in Detroit
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