Modern Man
Nov 1956

Fine+
Grading Definitions

$8.00

Publishers Development Corp. in Skokie, Il

"The Bawdiest Book Ever Written" historical article with 4 pages of photos and illustrations on the erotic book Decameron by Italian 14th Century poet Giovanni Boccaccio. Some of these short stories in the book were adapted into a 1962 Italian movie starring Sophia Loren, Boccaccio '70.

Nutty article on bullet proof jackets called "How To Stop a Bullet and Live."

"Hollywood's Most Fabled Writer" article on famous biographer of Hollywood stars Gene Fowler with photos of John Barrymore, Carole Landis in a tight sweater, W.C. Fields and a photo of Red Skelton who wrote a biography of Fowler.

2 full page Bill Ward cartoons, one of which is in color.

"Are Americans Afraid Of Sex?'" 2 page color centerfold + 7 b&w photos of stripper Syra Marty.

"England's Erotic Era" isn't normally thought to be the late 19th Century Victorian Era, but this article says it was. 3 pages of photos and illustrations. Includes 1 photo of novelist Charles Dickens who 'wrote of morality but kept a mistress.'