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H. L. Mencken
As a journalist, H L Mencken gained national prominence through his newspaper columns describing the famous 1925 Scopes trial, which pitted religious fundamentalists against a public school teacher who dared…
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Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956), better known as H. L. Mencken, was a journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and freethinker, known as the Sage of Baltimore. He is regarded as one…
Theodore Dreiser,H.L. Mencken
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn…
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Ronald Berman
A fresh and compelling study of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s intellectual friendship with Edmund Wilson, H. L. Mencken, and Gerald Murphy
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Some of Mencken s most interesting letters were written to George Sterling, a pupil of Ambrose Bierce. The correspondence which survives nearly intact on both sides covers a wealth of…
Written in 1941-42, these highlights capture the excitement of newspaper life in the heyday of print journalism.
Professor H L Mencken
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Mencken, American newspaperman, editor and critic known for his excellence in framing insults aimed at anyone. Contents: The Feminine Mind; The War Between the Sexes; Marriage; Woman Suffrage; and The…
Mencken, American newspaperman, editor and critic known for his excellence in framing insults aimed at anyone. Contents: Joseph Conrad; Theodore Dreiser; James Huneker; and Puritanism as a Literary Force 197…
American newspaperman, editor and critic. The first in a series of six, aptly named collection of essays from Mencken, who was known for his excellence in framing insults aimed at…
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THIS 92 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: A Book of Prefaces, by H. L. Mencken. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1417906812.
Puritanism As A Literary Force is a non-fiction book written by H. L. Mencken, an American journalist and cultural critic. The book explores the impact of Puritanism on literature, particularly…
(LARGE PRINT EDITION) This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
Originally published in 1922, this book considers topics that remain of vital interest to today’s readers, including monogamy and polygamy, the double standard, sexual harassment, and declining marriage rates.
Replica of the 1921 ‘revised and enlarged’ second edition –Jacket
Notes on Democracy is a harsh critique of democracy. The book places political leaders into two categories: the demagogue, who "preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he…
Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene…
Notes on Democracy is a 1926 book by American journalist, satirist, cultural critic H. L. Mencken.
Notes on Democracy is a critique of democracy. The book places political leaders into…
In Damn! A Book of Calumny, H.L. Mencken gives his opinion on a wide variety of subjects ranging from William Jennings Bryan, through Classical Music, to Zoos. I am a…
In Defense of Women is H. L. Mencken's 1918 book on women and the relationship between the sexes. Some laud the book as progressive while others brand it as reactionary…
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive…
In this replica of the 1921 ‘revised and enlarged’ second edition … –P. [4] of cover.
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition. 259
This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.
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This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1926 edition.
