H. L. Mencken's Autobiography Series by H.L. Mencken

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  • Happy Days: Mencken's Autobiography: 1880-1892 (Volume 1) (H. L. Mencken's Autobiography #1)
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    Happy Days: Mencken's Autobiography: 1880-1892 (Volume 1) (H. L. Mencken's Autobiography #1)

    H.L. Mencken

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 1940

    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... more

  • Newspaper Days (H. L. Mencken's Autobiography #2)
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    Newspaper Days (H. L. Mencken's Autobiography #2)

    H.L. Mencken

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 1941

    The period covered is that of his professional nonage—from his entry into journalism as a reporter for the Baltimore Morning Herald in 1899 to 1906. It was not all Baltimore, however, for he went into brief exile when the fire of 1904 destroyed the plant and forced the paper to print in Philadelphia for five weeks. During those roaring years the young journalist did little, if anything, to bring uplift to his city, nor did he become an influential figure in the councils of state or nation... more

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