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H. L. Mencken

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Born 1880
Died 1956

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  • Cover of: Selected prejudices

    First published in 1926 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Vintage Mencken.

    Cover of edition vintagemencken00menc_0 First published in 1955 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Minority report: H.L. Mencken's notebooks.

    Cover of edition minorityreporthl00menc First published in 1956 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The American scene: a reader

    Cover of edition americanscenerea0000menc First published in 1965 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: H. L. Mencken's Smart set criticism.

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  • Cover of: Prejudices, first series

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  • Cover of: A carnival of buncombe.

    First published in 1956 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1942 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: A choice of days: essays from happy days, newspaper days, and heathen days

    Cover of edition choiceofdaysessa00menc First published in 1980 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: George Bernard Shaw; his plays

    First published in 1905 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Heliogabalus: a buffoonery in three acts

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  • Cover of: Mencken and Sara: a life in letters : the correspondence of H.L. Mencken and Sara Haardt

    First published in 1987 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Newspaper Days

    First published in 1941 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe (Maryland Paperback Bookshelf)

    First published in 1960 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Thirty-five years of newspaper work: a memoir

    First published in 1994 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Prejudices, third series

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  • Cover of: A little book in C major

    First published in 1916 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: "Ich kuss die Hand": the letters of H.L. Mencken to Gretchen Hood

    First published in 1986 — 3 editions
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Born 1880
Died 1956

Subjects

American Authors, Authors, American, Biography, Mencken, h. l. (henry louis), 1880-1956, American literature, English language, Correspondence, Names, Women, Americanisms, History, History and criticism, Personal Names, Social conditions, Journalists, Politics and government, American essays, Sexism, Social and moral questions, Criticism and interpretation, Editors, Authors, american, Presentation inscription from H. L. Mencken, Presentation inscription to B. F. Swan, American fiction (fictional works by one author)

Places

United States, Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore (Md.), Alabama, Bullfights, Canada, Europe, Jefferson, Mississippi, Owl Creek Bridge, Palestine, UnitedStates, Yoknapatawpha County, palestine, États-Unis

People

H. L. Mencken (1880-1956), Bradford F. Swan, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), George Jean Nathan (1882-1958), James Branch Cabell (1879-1958), Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945), Burton K. Wheeler (1882-1975), Caddy, Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964), Colonel Sartoris, Dilsey, E. B. White (1899- ,), E. B. White (1899-), Emily Grierson, Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932), George Sterling (1869-1926), Gretchen Hood, H L Mencken, H. L Mencken, H. L Mencken (1880-1956), H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 Mencken, Homer Barron, Jailer, James Huneker (1857-1921)

Time

20th century, 1918-1945, 1919-1933, 1936, 1861-65, 1865-1918, 1865-1933, 1901-1953, 1906, 1948, 19th century, Antebellum era

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Alternative names

  • H.L. Mencken
  • L. H. Mencken
  • H. L Mencken
  • H. L. MENCKEN
  • H L. Mencken
  • H.L Mencken
  • H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
  • Henry Louis Mencken
  • Henry L. Mencken
  • Louis Henry Mencken
  • Henry Louis MENCKEN
  • Henry L Mencken

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
May 2, 2014 Edited by KirstinM Added new photo
June 6, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import