Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Everybody's Magazine A Pro-War, Pro-British American Monthly



The popular American publication Everybody's Magazine was published monthy. from 1899 to 1929. The editor, John O'Hara Cosgrave, took a muckraking posture and advocated strong positions on any matter of public interest and excitement, including trust-busting, food hygiene, and the size of the navy. He was able to recruit top-of-the-line and well-known writers. It's peak circulation was about 750,000.

During the First World War, Everybody's Magazine argued that the United States should support Britain against Germany. The former president, Theodore Roosevelt, wrote a pro-war article, "America–On Guard!" (January, 1915) and Samuel Hopkins Adams produced a piece on the dangers of German propaganda. In January, 1916, a group of British authors, including H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw and G.K. Chesterton, contributed to the series, "America's Neutrality as England Sees It."  When America entered the war the magazine, naturally, was a major supporter of the nation's war effort. Below are some of its striking wartime covers.























Source:  Spartacus Educational, January 2020

4 comments:

  1. Excellent. Thanks for publishing.

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  2. I love the art work here and the feeling of the attitude at the time.Is there any way to acquire copies of these ?

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  3. This is worthy of an online search for acccess to the magazines.

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  4. Echoing earlier comment -- wonderful post, wonderful artwork.

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