(1959)
- Price
- 0.00 FREE
- Pages
- 20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Hallden Publications Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
"This booklet prepared and distributed by The Soil Conservation Society of America, 838 Fifth Ave., Des Moines 14, Iowa. A non-profit organization dedicated to advance the science and art of good land use."
There is a separate indicia with the publisher and copyright information.
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Dennis the Menace / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Guess Who?!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Tommy Anderson
- Reprints
- from Dennis the Menace daily (Hall Syndicate) 195x
- Keywords
- dirt
Indexer Notes
Four Dennis the Menace newspaper comics are reprinted. All of them have dirt as a subject
Dennis the Menace and Dirt
Dennis the Menace / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Characters
- Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell
Indexer Notes
Denotes that this book was prepared and distributed by The Soil Conservation Society of America. The illustration is the same as the cover.
Dennis Vs Dirt
Dennis the Menace / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- humor; advocacy; children
- Characters
- Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Henry Mitchell;
- Synopsis
- Henry Mitchell describes the benefits of dirt to Dennis, who still does not quite get the points that he is making.
- Reprints
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in Dennis the Menace (Hallden; Fawcett, 1959 series) #36 (July 1959)
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- Keywords
- dirt; farm; milk; mud; peanut butter; root beer; soil conservation
Indexer Notes
This is an original story for this issue.
The bread that Dennis is making sandwiches from is branded "Toole's Bread", presumably after the writer.
Can You Solve This Puzzle?
Dennis the Menace / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell
Indexer Notes
A crossword puzzle where all the clues deal with dirt and land use.
Meanwhile, Back at the Ketcham Ranch....
text article / 2 pages
- Characters
- Dennis Mitchell; Ruff; Hank Ketcham (photo); Sterling Mummert (photo); Dick McKenzie (photo)
- Synopsis
- This article describes Hank Ketcham's interest in soil conservation, and how he uses it on his 61 acre ranch in Carmel Valley, California. There are also three photos taken at the ranch that include Ketcham, Soil Conservationist Sterling Mummert, and ranch foreman Dick McKenzie.
- Keywords
- Ketcham Ranch; soil conservation
Indexer Notes
Appears on the last interior page and the inside back cover.
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Dennis the Menace / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell
Indexer Notes
Same as the front cover, except there is a box for the retailer who is giving this issue away (one confirmed one: Potomac Valley Bank of Petersburg, West Virginia).
Some editions of this book have this sequence replaced by a full page ad (one confirmed one: an ad for Caterpillar equipment, and below it a dealer named Street Robbins Morrow LTD, serving southern Alberta Canada). There is also a report that one edition has a totally blank back cover.
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Dennis the Menace -
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["Guess Who?!"]
Dennis the Menace -
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Dennis the Menace and Dirt
Dennis the Menace -
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Dennis Vs Dirt
Dennis the Menace -
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Can You Solve This Puzzle?
Dennis the Menace -
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ketcham Ranch....
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6.
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Dennis the Menace
- Tony R. Rose
- Allen Ross
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
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