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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "In Defense of Women" by H. L. Mencken. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to ...
Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, critic of America...
The decisive influence of Friedrich Nietzsche on H.L. Mencken is readily acknowledged in the vast literature on the great American journalist and soci...
First Series
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
Perhaps the first truly important book about the divergence of American English from its British roots, this survey of the language as it was spoken-a...
Third Series
This is a new release of the original 1923 edition....
Second Series
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in...
First Series (Dodo Press)
Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, and acerbic critic of American life and culture. Men...
Four of H.L. Mencken's "Prefaces" -- which are, in fact, major essays on literature -- are collected herein, including works on Joseph Conrad, Theodor...
A New Selection from the Writings of America's Legendary Editor, Critic, and Wit
With a style that combined biting sarcasm with the "language of the free lunch counter," Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and politicians for nearly...
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A Memoir
H. L. Mencken stipulated that this memoir remain sealed in a vault for thirty-five years after his death. For good reason: My Life as Author and Edito...
Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American E...
[Democracy] is, perhaps, the most charming form of government ever devised by man... It is based on propositions that are palpably not true and what i...
Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken was a German-American journalist, satirist, cultural critic and scholar of American English, known as the "Sage of Baltimo...
The period covered is that of his professional nonageโfrom his entry into journalism as a reporter for the Baltimore Morning Herald in 1899 to 1906....
Mencken's Autobiography: 1899-1906
"The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche" is a book by H. L. Mencken, first published in 1907. The book covers popular and lesser-known obscure areas of...
A Carnival of Buncombe
These seventy political pieces from the 1920s and 1930s are drawn from Mencken's famous Monday columns in the Baltimore Evening Sun....
A New Collection of Autobiographical Writings
Perhaps America's foremost literary stylist and most mordant wit, Mencken's most engaging writing told about his own life and experiences. In Mencken ...
The aim of this book is best exhibited by describing its origin. I am, and have been since early manhood, an editor of newspapers, magazines and books...
In the fall of 1948 H. L. Mencken, then at the top of his unmatchable form (he had spoken at a meeting of the American Philosophical Society in Philad...
H. L. Mencken's diary was, at his own request, kept sealed in the vaults of Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Library for a quarter of a century after his death...
The American Language, The American Credo, The Philosophy Of Friedrich Nietzsche
The 'H. L. Mencken - Premium Collection' stands as a monumental anthology that showcases the rich tapestry of early 20th-century American literature a...
The American Language: H.L. Mencken's Definitive Exploration of American English
The present book 'The American Language' was written by language researcher H. L. Mencken. This book is about the English language as spoken in Americ...
Mencken's Autobiography: 1890-1936
No one ever argued more forcefully or with such acerbic wit against the foolish aspects of religion as H. L. Mencken (1880-1956). As a journalist, he ...
The Collected Works of H. L. Mencken, coalesced under the meticulous eye of George Jean Nathan, represents a seminal anthology in American literary cr...
A Drama Without Words
"I am quite convinced that all religions, at bottom, are pretty much alike. On the surface they may seem to differ greatly, but what appears on the su...
A Buffoonery in Three Acts
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In the third volume of his autobiography, H. L. Mencken looks back on his life and declares it "very busy and excessively pleasant." He imparts the im...
Written on a lark by Mencken, with only a little assistance from his friend and Smart Set co-editor George Jean Nathan, in order to prove to themselve...
His Own Selection of His Choicest Writings
A selection of choice passages from H.L.M.'s out-of-print writings....