The American Boy was a monthly magazine

Magazine

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 published by The Sprague Publishing Co. of Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

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 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 years subscription was $1.00. Format was 16” high by 12” wide. Griffith Ogden Ellis was President

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 and editor

Editor in chief

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; J. Cotner Jr. was Secretary

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 and Treasurer

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; H.D. Montgomerie was Managing Editor

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 and Clarence Budington Kelland

Clarence Budington Kelland

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 was Assistant Editor. In 1929, Ellis merged the magazine with its rival, Youth's Companion

Youth's Companion

The Youth's Companion , known in later years as simply The Companion—For All the Family, was an American children's magazine that existed for over one hundred years until it finally merged with The American Boy in 1929...

, and in 1939 he sold his interest to his business manager, Elmer Presley Grierson.