H.L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken was born in Baltimore 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 that lasted until a few years before his death. He was coeditor of the Smart Set with George Jean Nathan from 1908 to 1923, and with Nathan he founded The American Mercury, a magazine 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.

Minority Report

Minority Report

H.L. Mencken
Happy Days

Happy Days

H.L. Mencken
Heathen Days

Heathen Days

H.L. Mencken
Newspaper Days

Newspaper Days

H.L. Mencken
Notes on Democracy

Notes on Democracy

H. L. Mencken
Second Mencken Chrestomathy Treatise on the Gods

Treatise on the Gods

H.L. Mencken
American Language Supplement 2 American Language Supplement 1 Diary of H. L. Mencken

Diary of H. L. Mencken

Charles Fecher
American Language

American Language

H. L. Mencken
My Life as Author and Editor The Vintage Mencken

The Vintage Mencken

H. L. Mencken Gathered by Alistair Cooke
A Mencken Chrestomathy

A Mencken Chrestomathy

H. L. Mencken

Series with H.L. Mencken

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