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| Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | H L Mencken; H L Mencken; Henry L Mencken |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Terry Teachout |
| ISBN: | 006050529X 9780060505295 0060505281 9780060505288 |
| OCLC Number: | 54531226 |
| Description: | xvii, 410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | Terry Teachout. |
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Abstract:
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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- Mencken, H. L. -- (Henry Louis), -- 1880-1956.
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
- Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
- Editors -- United States -- Biography.
- Mencken, H. L. -- (Henry Louis), -- 1880-1956
- Authors, American.
- Editors.
- Journalists.
- United States.
- Mencken, Henry L.
- Biografie
