ISSUE DATE: DECEMBER, 1971; VOLUME 373, NUMBER 6

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BOOK BONUS:
RAT RACE: Dick Francis -- Was murder the bomber's intention -- or something far more sinister?. Illustrated by Hal Ashmead.

ARTICLES:
HUNTING TREASURE ON THE CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELDS: Gil Paust -- Sabers, firearms, all the hardware of war lie forgotten on more than 4,000 battlefields, waiting for the treasure hunter with a map and a metal detector.

CHEETAH -- GREASED LIGHTNING ON CAT FEET: Shep Abbott and Tex Fuller -- Perhaps the shrewdest beast of prey in Africa, this cat is the world's fastest animal -- but only in short sprints of about thirty seconds' duration.

$3,500,000 IN LAKE SUPERIOR: FINDERS KEEPERS: Chuck Zehnder -- Still in a remarkable state of preservation, the yacht Gunilda and her contents are worth a fortune to the ingenious man who salvages her.

WATCHDOG FOR JUSTICE: BUILDING MANAGER COLLARS A COLD-BLOODED MURDERER: Gene LowaII -- Aided by a posse of San Francisco citizens, Ronald Maurer subdued a killer, still armed with his bloody knife, after a long chase through busy city streets.

HITLER'S SECRET WEAPONS: Paul Burt -- During World War II, Nazi inventors dreamed up dozens of devices which could have been used with deadly effectiveness against the Allies, but fortunately few reached mass production.

THE WORLD'S MOST PRIMITIVE PEOPLE: Manuel Elizalde Jr -- Recently discovered by explorers who fought their way through miles of stubborn jungle, the Tasaday natives have been isolated from modern civilization for more than 2,000 years.

HOW FANCY CAN A GUN GET?: Pete Kuhlhoff -- ARGOSY's Gun Editor reports on how you can have your present shotgun, rifle or handgun engraved and inlaid into a valuable work of art.

PICTURE STORY: HEY, STRANGER, WHICH WAY TO THE SNOW?: Richard Hewett -- Stop! Don't put that snowmobile in mothballs come March. There's still that one last "spring fling".

FICTION:
MOONLIGHT GARDENER: Robert L. Fish -- Why would a man dig up a peach tree and replant it at night -- just after his wife vanished?.

FEATURES:
READER VIEWS ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ... Harry Steeger.
ARGOSY WORKSHOP ... Bruce Cassidy.
HONEST ABE CLUB ... Luce Tompkins.
HUNTING AND FISHING TIPS Gil Paust.
BACK TALK.
NEW PRODUCT INFO.
NEWS FOR MEN.
CHARLIE'S TAVERN as told to Milt MachIin.
STOP TO SHOP.
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