The Illustrated Blue Book Magazine

# The Blue Book Magazine, August 1928

This issue features two serials and numerous short stories spanning adventure, mystery, and drama. The lead serial "The Forest Legion" by Arthur H. Carhart dramatizes conflict between U.S. Forest Service rangers and Colorado ranchmen over land preservation. "Spears in the Sun" by James Edwin Baum offers desperate adventure in Abyssinia, authored by a writer claiming actual African exploration.

Short fiction includes "Lost Wings" by Culpeper Zandtt—a carefully researched mystery addressing missing westbound transatlantic aircraft—and "The Kang-he Poison Jar" by Lemuel De Bra, an American's strange adventure in China. "The Hell's Angels Squad" by Warren H. Miller depicts the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara. "The Hostile Island" by H. Bedford-Jones involves intrigue surrounding a tin mine on a remote Malay island. Five prize stories showcase real experiences: aviation hazards, the Great War, and frontier encounters. Shorter pieces include humor by Dick Wick Hall and a waterfront yarn by Holman Day. The issue opens with editorial commentary on fiction's moral virtues, emphasizing themes of friendship, patriotism, generosity, and courage.