Mencken A Life |
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Author:
| Hobson, Fred |
Series title: | Maryland Paperback Bookshelf Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8018-5238-1 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1995 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $50.99 |
Book Description:
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When H. L. Mencken died in 1956, he left behind well-ordered diaries, letters, and personal papers that biographer Fred Hobson has collected in the definitive portrait of a complex and colorful life. In Mencken: A Life, Hobson quotes liberally from Mencken's writings on every subject, from Americans (''the most timorous, sniveling, poltroonish, ......
When H. L. Mencken died in 1956, he left behind well-ordered diaries, letters, and personal papers that biographer Fred Hobson has collected in the definitive portrait of a complex and colorful life. In Mencken: A Life, Hobson quotes liberally from Mencken's writings on every subject, from Americans (''the most timorous, sniveling, poltroonish, ......