Thirty-five Years of Newspaper Work
A Memoir by H. L. Mencken
H L Mencken author Fred Hobson editor Vincent Fitzpatrick editor Bradford Jacobs editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Published:6th Oct '06
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Written in 1941-42, these highlights capture the excitement of newspaper life in the heyday of print journalism.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 Days, 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.
ISBN: 9780801885563
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 635g
432 pages