Life Magazine, Vol. 51, Np. 2 - July 14, 1961

This copy of Life Magazine, Vol. 51, No. 2 - July 14, 1961, published by Time, Inc. of Chicago, IL, provides articles and photographs representing people, places and events that were of great importance to the American population of that time. Ernest Hemingway, for example, was honored, subsequent to his death, with his picture on the cover, a photographic essay on his life, and an article by Archibald MacLeish assesing Hemingway's accomplishments. Other features include a full page picture showing Krushchev playng with a youngster, an article covering MacArthur's welcome in the Phillippines upon his visit, a continuing series on turbulence in Latin America, and more.

Life was an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, a monthly from 1978 until 2000, and an online supplement since 2008. During its golden age from 1936 to 1972, Life was a wide-ranging weekly general-interest magazine known for the quality of its photography, and was one of the nation's most popular magazines, regularly reaching one-quarter of the population. [Wikipedia]

This issue of Life, which measures approximately 10.5 inches wide by 13.75 inches tall by 0.25 inches thick, contains 108 pages bound in paper covers. The magazine is in near fine condition.

The illustrations accompanying this description show the front cover, a 2-page spread showing the title page/table of contents/Life's opinion write-up/photo of Krushchev, a 2-page spread showing the initial pages of text from the Hemingwat article, the first page of Archibald MacLeish article on Hemingway's life, and a 2-page spread of text and pictures from the article on MacArthur's return to the Phillippines.