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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

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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