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a life of H.L. Mencken

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An edition of The skeptic (2002)

The skeptic

a life of H.L. Mencken

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A portrait of the outspoken American writer and critic traces his early days as a cub reporter to his tenure as founding editor of The American Mercury, citing his controversial views on religion, art, love, and politicians.

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HarperCollins
Language
English
Pages
410

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Subjects
American Authors, Editors, Biography, Journalists, Mencken, h. l. (henry louis), 1880-1956, Authors, american
People
H. L. Mencken (1880-1956), Henry L. Mencken
Places
United States
Times
20th century

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Table of Contents

1.
"I'd have butchered beautifully" : birth of a bourgeois, 1880-1899 -- -- 2. "A
sort of celestial call" : reporter and editor, 1899-1906 -- -- 3.
"Wider and lusher fields" : columnist and critic, 1906-1914 -- -- 4. "The
Puritans have all the cards" : at the Smart Set, 1915-1918 -- -- 5.
"Don't wait until the firemen arrive" : becoming a legend, 1918-1923 -- -- 6.
"I am my own party" : at the American Mercury, 1924-1928 -- -- 7.
"I discern no tremors" : marriage and the Crash, 1929-1935 -- -- 8.
"We'll even it up" : the age of Roosevelt II, 1935-1941 -- -- 9.
"It will become infamous to doubt" : skeptic in exile, 1942-1948 -- -- 10.
"Until thought and memory adjourn" : scourge at bay, 1948-1956.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-398) and index.

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818/.5209, B
Library of Congress
PS3525.E43 Z84 2002, PS3525.E43Z84 2002

The Physical Object

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xv, 410 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
410

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OL24766876M
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0060505281, 006050529X
ISBN 13
9780060505288, 9780060505295
LCCN
2002024953
OCLC/WorldCat
49386100

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