Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: paperbacks

"Behind the Flying Saucers. Frank Scully. The book everyone is talking about. Popular Library. Earle Bergey." Earle K. Bergey 's wonderfully frightening cover illustration of saucers in the sky and panic in the streets certainly helped to make this "the book everyone is talking about" when it appeared in 1950. But author Frank Scully 's account of flying saucer crashes and dead extraterrestrials in Arizona and New Mexico was probably enough to get people talking even without the cover. Scully wasn't the only one writing about such scary topics in 1950. Author Donald Keyhoe also argued that The Flying Saucers Are Real :

"The Flying Saucers Are Real. Donald Keyhoe. True story behind the strangest phenomena in history! Gold Medal Book. 107. Frank Tinsley '50." The Flying Saucers Are Real , written by Donald Keyhoe , first appeared in 1950. Frank Tinsley's dramatic cover illustration helped to convey the startling news that flying saucers (or UFOs aka unidentified flying objects) are actually extraterrestrial spacecraft. For another book from 1950 on the same topic, see Behind the Flying Saucers :

The back cover (above) of The Smuggled Atom Bomb (see below for the front cover ). Here's the dramatic back-cover blurb that sets the scene: The fate of America is ticking away. Your friend Harry is above suspicion--you think. He's an everyday Joe--likable, respectable, good at bridge, average with the women. He wouldn't hurt a fly--you think. Yet in his room is a closet. On the closet door is a lock. You're a sucker for gadgets and so, just for a gag, you jimmy it. Inside is a box--heavy, lined with lead. And inside that-- IS AN ATOM BOMB!

Oh no, Harry has an atom bomb in his closet! That's what we're told on the back cover (see below) of The Smuggled Atom Bomb , a 1951 novel by Philip Wylie . The front cover (above) warns us about "an atomic plot against America" and poses the question, "Is the fate of America ticking away?"

The eye-catching cover of Escape the Night , a 1944 murder mystery by Mignon G. Eberhart .