‘Herbert Leonard Coggins was an American editor and author of humorous pieces for magazines like The Atlantic Monthly as well as a handful of children's books. He also lectured on ornithology and ran for a various California political offices on the Socialist ticket. His first wife was East Bay architect Leola Hall.' Wikipedia Full issue at https://archive.org/details/colliersmagazine
Herbert Coggins (1881-1974 👉ALT), “My Private Bear”
‘A rags to riches story in which the hero is a poor but honest black bear who really doesn’t care about money at all’
*Collier’s*, March 12, 1949
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