 Any educator will tell you the same, my dear—the key to learning is excellent teacher/student relations. 
Above, a cover of the 1959 sleaze paperback Sin School, brought to us by Midwood and its house pseudonym Don Holliday. This was actually written by Hal Dresner, according to Vintage Sleaze, and if you want to see an alternate cover check their website here.
 Actually, ma’am, I’m just the janitor. But if it helps, I got pretty good at deep tissue massage in prison. 
This is one of the nicer pulp covers we’ve run across recently, which is no surprise since the art is by the incomparable Paul Rader. The author James Harvey wrote standard issue sleaze like this one for the Midwood imprint during the ’50s and ’60s, and also specialized in lesbian fiction with offerings like Between Two Women, Daughter of Joy and Lady Wrestler. We can’t find much more information on him, which is a clue he was probably a pseudonym used by Midwood’s in-house scribes. But we’ll see if we can dig up more facts. In the meantime remember to always check your masseur’s credentials before getting naked.
 Strange games and things.      
Every once in a while, we like to feature Paul Rader as a reminder what a virtuosic illustrator he was. So here’s another aggregate post, this one of assorted steamy Midwood pulp covers by Rader, circa 1960s. As a side note, you may have noticed our pulp uploader is malfunctioning at the moment, but we’ll get that fixed as soon as we can. Anyone with contributions, please hold, thanks. Yesterday’s Virgin, The Unloved, The Craving, Wild Honey, Love Toy, Winner Take All, Mark Clements, Jason Hytes, Frank G. Harris, Don Karl, Dallas Mayo, Peggy Swenson, Midwood, Paul Rader, cover art, literature
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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.
1930—Amy Johnson Flies from England to Australia
English aviatrix Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly from England to Australia. She had departed from Croydon on May 5 and flown 11,000 miles to complete the feat. Her storied career ends in January 1941 when, while flying a secret mission for Britain, she either bails out into the Thames estuary and drowns, or is mistakenly shot down by British fighter planes. The facts of her death remain clouded today.
1934—Bonnie and Clyde Are Shot To Death
Outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who traveled the central United States during the Great Depression robbing banks, stores and gas stations, are ambushed and shot to death in Louisiana by a posse of six law officers. Officially, the autopsy report lists seventeen separate entrance wounds on Barrow and twenty-six on Parker, including several head shots on each. So numerous are the bullet holes that an undertaker claims to have difficulty embalming the bodies because they won't hold the embalming fluid. 1942—Ted Williams Enlists
Baseball player Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists in the United States Marine Corps, where he undergoes flight training and eventually serves as a flight instructor in Pensacola, Florida. The years he lost to World War II (and later another year to the Korean War) considerably diminished his career baseball statistics, but even so, he is indisputably one of greatest players in the history of the sport.
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