ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, July 20, 1939

* Donn Fendler goes missing
* Mount Katahdin in Maine
* Rye, New York 12 year old boy 

The front page has a one column  heading: "GUARDSMEN HUNT BOY LOST ON MOUNTAIN" with subhead and photo of the boy with heading: "Missing Maine Lad" (see images)
Complete with 30+ pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

Background: The historical significance of Donn Fendler’s 1939 disappearance lies in its role as a powerful national narrative of resilience and the "Boy Scout ideal" during the twilight of the Great Depression. The event triggered one of the largest search-and-rescue operations in New England history, involving the Maine State Police, the National Guard, and hundreds of volunteers, while capturing the front-page attention of a public eager for a miracle. Fendler’s survival for nine days in the treacherous terrain of the Maine North Woods—traversing roughly 35 miles without shoes or food—became a legendary testament to youthful fortitude and basic woodcraft, later immortalized in his classic memoir, Lost on a Mountain in Maine. Beyond the immediate human-interest story, the ordeal significantly shaped the culture of outdoor safety and hiking in the Northeast, turning Mount Katahdin into a symbol of both majestic beauty and extreme peril, while reinforcing the pedagogical importance of survival training for American youth.