The Story of Burma Shave - Article by Martin Waterman in the January 1996 issue of Backwoods Home Magazine. Burma Shave - 'The verse by the side of the road' - An article by Chuck Woodbury in Out West, 2004. The Read Planet - Discusses the promotion that promised to send the winner to Mars, by Barbara Mikkelson. No. 754 Burma Shve - Transcript and audio archive from The Engines of Our Ingenuity radio broadcast, by John Lienhard. Give Us Back/Our Burma Shave - Article in Sign Industry by Lara Moody, Feb. 15, 2000. Burma-Shave - an American Advertising Legend - Community edited article on h2g2.