Description
Author: H. L. Mencken
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 04/12/1982
Pages: 656
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780394752099
ISBN10: 0394752090
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American | General
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism
- Literary Collections | Essays
About the Author
Henry L. Mencken was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1880 and died there in 1956. He began his long career as a journalist, critic, and philologist on the Baltimore Morning Herald in 1899. In 1906 he joined the staff of the Baltimore Sun, thus beginning an association which lasted until a few years before his death. He was co-editor of the Smart Set with George Jean Nathan from 1908 to 1923, and with Nathan he founded The American Mercury, of which he was sole editor from 1925 to 1933. He was the author of many books, most notably The American Language, Prejudices, Happy Days, Newspaper Days, Heathen Days, and Minority Report.