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Mencken : the American iconoclast
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Mencken : the American iconoclast

Author: Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Chronicles the life of H. L. Mencken, one of the twentieth century's most influential newspaper journalists, discussing his childhood, schooling, personal relationships, career achievements, and other related topics.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Biographies
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Rodgers, Marion Elizabeth.
Mencken.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005
(OCoLC)607640338
Named Person: H L Mencken; H L Mencken; Henry L Mencken; Henry Louis Mencken
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
ISBN: 0195072383 9780195072389
OCLC Number: 59401259
Description: ix, 662 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 1880-1914 --
1914-1919 --
1920-1930 --
1930-1935 --
1936-1940 --
1941-1948 --
1949-1956.
Responsibility: Marion Elizabeth Rodgers.
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A towering figure on the American cultural landscape, H L Mencken stands out as one of the most influential writers and iconoclasts of the twentieth century. This biography talks about the prominent  Read more...

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To the immense credit of Marion Elizabeth Rodgers, this splendid new biography maintains an intelligent critical distance when it comes to Mencken's manifold complexities. More tellingly, Rodger's Read more...

 
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