Samuel George Blythe (1868 – 1947) was an American writer and newspaperman. In 1933 during the
Great Depression he urged people to
Buy American
The Buy American Act ("BAA", originally , now ) passed in 1933 by Congress and signed by President Hoover on his last full day in office (March 3, 1933), required the United States government to prefer U.S.-made products in its purchases. Other p ...
in ''
The Saturday Evening Post
''The Saturday Evening Post'' is an American magazine, currently published six times a year. It was issued weekly under this title from 1897 until 1963, then every two weeks until 1969. From the 1920s to the 1960s, it was one of the most widely ...
''.
Publications
''Cutting It Out: How to Get on the Water Wagon and Stay There''(1912)
''The Fun of Getting Thin: How to Be Happy and Reduce the Waist Line''(1912)
''The Fakers''(1914)
''The Old Game: A Retrospect After Three and a Half Years on the Water-Wagon''(1914)
*''Keeping Fit at Fifty'' (1921)
*''Get Rid of that Fat'' (1928)
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1868 births
1947 deaths
American male journalists