Divorce would follow.Near death, Pittman, ever the arch-manipulator, entices Clausen to oversee preparation of his mansion for his memorial party, counting on his notoriety as Northbridge's most celebrated curmudgeon to draw a crowd. He leaves without warning, not suspecting that his wife, whom he chose for her docility and obedience, had used copies of his private papers to freeze his accounts. Under suspicion, he prepares to disappear, pulling his personnel file, listing his house for sale. Meanwhile, inquiries into Wainright's background suggest that he might be a fraud. Problems from losing key teachers and mounting criticism from the public so drain Clausen's strength that a minor heart attack forces him into a medical leave.While Clausen recuperates, Pittman continues cryptically quizzing him, even as his own health declines. Transfers and forced resignations of staff send morale into the cellar as mounting tensions set the teachers' union against Wainright. In declining health, Pittman is besieged by opportunistic lawyers and money men.The superintendent's jealous intolerance of others' popularity sets him against Clausen and his creative teachers. Lacking an heir, he secretly probes to see if Tom could replace him as head the Pittman Foundation that funds area scholarships. Charles Wainright, an imposter with fraudulent credentials who charmed and hoodwinked the chair of the school board into representing him as the solution to the district's challenges.Clausen's eccentric neighbor, Garnet Pittman, is taken by Tom's quick mind and, work ethic. Tom Clausen, a high school principal struggles under pressures from his superintendent. Worts ***MInor edge chipping to magazine Paper pull to front cover tape top of covers & 1st page Pencil to title page & backcover stainng to backcover thus = condition is Fair reading copy. Allan Dunn Breath of the Desert by Charles Alden Seltzer The Magpie Murders by George F. Thompson The Radio War by Ralph Milne Farley Corporal Cole's Conscience by J. Blochman Big Bill, Diver by Jack Allman Men of Daring by Stookie Allen Hot Dog by John H. Munsey PLACE- USA DATE - July 1932 EDITION First by Publisher BOOK TYPE - PULP Magazine DESCRIPTION ** CONTENTS Earthquake Catchers by Foster-Harris The Tiger of Yezo by L. Worts ILLUSTRATOR - The Radio War Painted Cover by Robert A. Allan Dunn Charles Alden Seltzer George F. Blochman Jack Allman Stookie Allen John H. July 2 / 1932 - Volume 230 #6 The Radio War by Ralph Milne Farley Writers- Foster-Harris L.

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