With a style that combined biting sarcasm with the "language of the free lunch counter," Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and politicians for nearly half a century. Now, fifty years after Mencken's death, the Johns Hopkins University Press announces The Buncombe Collection, newly packaged editions of nine Mencken classics: "Happy Days," "Heathen Days," "Newspaper Day"s, "Prejudices," "Treatise on the Gods," "On Politics," "Thirty-Five Years of Newspaper Work," "Minority Report," and "A Second Mencken Chrestomathy."
Written in 1941-42, these highlights capture the excitement of newspaper life in the heyday of print journalism.
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With a style that combined biting sarcasm with the "language of the free lunch counter," Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and politicians for nearly half a century. Now, fifty years after Mencken's death, the Johns Hopkins University Press announces The Buncombe Collection, newly packaged editions of nine Mencken classics: "Happy Days," "Heathen Days," "Newspaper Day"s, "Prejudices," "Treatise on the Gods," "On Politics," "Thirty-Five Years of Newspaper Work," "Minority Report," and "A Second Mencken Chrestomathy."
Written in 1941-42, these highlights capture the excitement of newspaper life in the heyday of print journalism.
Imprint | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | November 2006 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | September 2006 |
Authors | H.L. Mencken |
Editors | Fred Hobson, Vincent Fitzpatrick, Bradford Jacobs |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 432 |
Edition | New Ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8018-8556-3 |
Barcode | 9780801885563 |
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LSN | 0-8018-8556-6 |