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THE VINTAGE MENCKEN Mencken, H.L. ratings by Goodreads. ISBN / ISBN Published by Vintage, New Condition: New Soft cover. Save for Later. From BennettBooksLtd (LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.) AbeBooks Seller Since 17 April Seller Rating/5(). H. L. Mencken was born in Baltimore in and died there in He began his long career as a journalist, critic, and philologist on the Baltimore Morning Herald in In he joined the staff of the Baltimore Sun, thus beginning an association that lasted until a few years before his bltadwin.ru was coeditor of the Smart Set with George Jean Nathan from to , and with Nathan he Cited by: With a rapier wit, H. L. Mencken captures the key moments and the everyday frustrations of early twentieth-century America. His sharp, elegant prose provides a portrait and running commentary of major and minor American figures, works, and occurrences/5(64).

The Vintage Mencken Summary. The Vintage Mencken features a collection of newspaper articles and essays written by famous Baltimore journalist and intellectual H.L. Mencken. Topics range from nostalgic remembrances of the Baltimore of Mencken's childhood to intense and witty criticisms of art, modern-day life, religion, democracy, and political. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Vintage Mencken: The Finest and Fiercest Essays of the Great Literary Iconoclast by H. L. Mencken (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! New York: Vintage, H. L. Mencken on Music: A Selection of His Writings on Music, Together with an Account of H. L. Mencken s Musical Life and a History of the Saturday Night Club. Edited by Louis Cheslock. New York: Knopf, The American Scene: A Reader. Edited by Huntington Cairns. New York: Knopf, H. L. Mencken s Smart Set.

The Vintage Mencken () Author Info: H. L. Mencken. [Henry Louis] (Gathered by Alistair Cooke ) If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner. and wink your eye at some homely girl. -H.L. Mencken, Epitaph (The Smart Set, December ). The Vintage Mencken [H.L. Mencken, Alistair Cooke] on bltadwin.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Vintage Mencken. _The Vintage Mencken_ compiled by Mencken's protégé Alistair Cooke is a collection of various essays of the great Baltimore iconoclast H. L. Mencken. H. L. Mencken ( - ) was a journalist and writer who was born and lived in Baltimore for most of his life. Mencken is perhaps best known as one of the founders of _The American Mercury_.