Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Project gutenberg offers 61,635 free ebooks to download. Additions and corrections to hl mencken boston college. It is surely one of the most bracing books on politics in the history of the english language. Mencken, was a twentiethcentury journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and freethinker, known as the sage of baltimore and the american nietzsche. A contribution toward the interpretation of the national mind new york. Henry louis mencken quotes,henry, louis, mencken, author, authors, writer, writers, people, famous people my account help add the dynamic daily quotation to your site or blog its easy. Mencken just plain antisemitism the washington post. Henry louis, 18801956 online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article mencken, h. Henry louis mencken september 12, 1880 january 29, 1956, better known as h.
Henry louis mencken september 12, 1880 january 29, 1956 was an american journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic and scholar of american english. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians and contemporary movements. Publication date 1926 topics hl mencken, democracy, america collection opensource language english. Henry louis mencken wikisource, the free online library. Unfortunately mencken, a guy given to using words such as buncombe, knaves, fanatics and fools in. Mencken collection consists of writings, correspondence, and other material by and relating to the american author h. Mencken seems pleased to be able to record that johns hopkins turned down an offer to have the institute for advanced study on its campus. Mencken the following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total. He is often regarded as one of the most influential american writers of the early 20th century. Project gutenberg offers 61844 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. Mencken the following list is comprehensive and represents. Works documented in the collection include early poems, short works of opinion and journalism, and longer books such as the american language new york. Henry louis mencken was born september 12, 1880, in baltimore, maryland, to a family of german descendants. His german background would lead to his appreciation and sympathy of the.
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