The American Boy

For the single by Estelle, see American Boy.

The American Boy was a monthly magazine published by The Sprague Publishing Co. of Detroit, Michigan from November 1899 to August 1941.[1] At the time it was the largest magazine for boys, with a circulation of 300,000,[2] and it featured action stories and advertising for the young boy.

In 1911 a copy cost $0.10, and a years subscription was $1.00. Format was 16” high by 12” wide. Griffith Ogden Ellis was President and editor; 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,[2] and in 1939 he sold his interest to his business manager, Elmer Presley Grierson.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Advertisement for The American Boy". National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution). http://americanhistory.si.edu/ONTHEMOVE/collection/object_504.html. Retrieved 2009-11-15. 
  2. ^ a b "The Press: Boys". TIME. 12 August 2009. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,732795,00.html. Retrieved 2009-11-15. 
  3. ^ "The Press: Willie to Skeeter to John". TIME. 27 March 1939. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,931182,00.html. Retrieved 2009-11-15.