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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

WHAT’S HOLDING UP THE HELICOPTER? … Is your air car still in the overhead? — Frank Piasecki 47
HOW TO GET A DIVORCE … At best, it’s an ugly business — Robert L. Heilbroner 100
AUTHORSHIP IN THE DEATH HOUSE … Writing, he felt, was his one chance for freedom — Caryl Chessman 110
CHECKERS WITH MATTY … His winnings included a baseball uniform and a hero — Mark Hanna 137
GHOSTS IN GOVERNMENT … They put words in the mouths of oracles — Allen Drury 142
THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF H. L. MENCKEN … The gala years of the Smart Set — George Jean Nathan 146

PERSONALITIES

SHOOTING “THE SUN” WITH AVA … Ava Gardner’s own story has been as flashing — Helen Lawrenson 51
PORTRAIT OF THE MINISTER AS A SALESMAN … Doctor Norman Vincent Peale — Monroe Fry 90

A PLAY

WELCOME TO OUR CITY … In print for the first time, but not the last — Thomas Wolfe 58

FICTION

CARMELITA’S EDUCATION FOR LIVING … Her “X” wasn’t an unknown quantity — Mark Harris 84
THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF 1965 … As usual, the colleges had the answer — John R. Tunis 108
THE PARAGON … He needed to establish himself in his own esteem — Frank O’Connor 116
THE MISFITS … Even a loner has to have some kind of company — Arthur Miller 158

PICTURED ESSAYS

LAPEROUSE … A famous restaurant’s famous recipes — Photography by Louis Renault 86
ETCHIKA … Choureau brings you Hollywood’s newest trend in glamour 104
AL MCCLANE: SPORTSMAN WITH A DREAM JOB … He gets paid for fishing — Photography by Louis Renault 138
VIENNA: OLD SPLENDOR, NEW SPIRIT … Past and present glories — Photography by Henry Wolf 152

WEARABLES

CAMEL’S BACK … Here’s one for the road geared to more than a camel track 167
PENNYTONES … Brightly minted tones that will take the rain and keep you cheerful 168
COVERT … Classic topcoat that’s impervious to the brambles of city living 169
THE ELEGANT AIR … Smoke signals are not needed to herald the opulent overtones of these four suits 170
RAGLAN LINE … Roominess and ease of wearing is combined with an elegantly smooth fit 172
LODEN CLOTH BUSH JACKET … It sheds rain, gives comfort and protection, and goes with your sports car 173
FANCY SHIRTS … Four shirts with pleated fronts, patterned dickies, special collar interest and French cuffs 174

TRAVEL

RICHARD JOSEPH’S TRAVEL NOTES … Vienna and the rest of Austria 126

POTABLES

ESQUIRE’S CLASSIC DRINK NO. 16: WHISKEY IN THE ROUGH … Smooth and easy 136

GIFTS

ESQUIRE’S GIFT GALLERY 141

DEPARTMENTS

Publisher’s Page: THE VINTAGE YEARS 6
THE SOUND AND THE FURY 10
THE GENTLEMAN’S ADVISER 26
ESQUIRE ON RECORD 35
THE SLIPPED DISC 36
DINING IN/OUT WITH ESQUIRE 42

BOOKS

THE GRAY FLANNEL NOVEL — Enno Hobbing 20

TALKING SHOP

SHOPPING FINDS … beginning on 176

ESQUIRE’S BUYING GUIDE

THE ELEGANT AIR 175

CREDITS: The quotation on page 58 is from The Letters of Thomas Wolfe, published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, copyright 1956.
Etchika Choureau (see page 104) will appear in a forthcoming picture titled Darby’s Rangers.

ADVERTISERS’ INDEX 175