Meet H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken

Henry Louis Mencken was born in Baltimore in 1880 and remained a lifelong resident. Opinionated and controversial, he wrote columns for the Baltimore Evening Sun that earned him a national reputation. He died in 1956.

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A Second Mencken Chrestomathy
A New Selection from the Writings of America's Legendary Editor, Critic, and Wit

H. L. Mencken (selected, revised, and annotated by the author)
edited and with an introduction by Terry Teachout

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Minority Report

H. L. Mencken

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Treatise on the Gods

H. L. Mencken

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Thirty-five Years of Newspaper Work
A Memoir by H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken
edited by Fred Hobson, Vincent Fitzpatrick, and Bradford Jacobs

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Happy Days
Mencken's Autobiography: 1880-1892

H. L. Mencken

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Volume 1
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Newspaper Days
Mencken's Autobiography: 1899-1906

H. L. Mencken

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Volume 2
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Heathen Days
Mencken's Autobiography: 1890-1936

H. L. Mencken

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Volume 3
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Prejudices
A Selection

H. L. Mencken
selected and with an introduction by James T. Farrell

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On Politics
A Carnival of Buncombe

H. L. Mencken

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