Mencken: A Life

by Fred Hobson

Book Overview

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.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394563298
• ISBN13: 9780394563299
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 650 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.7" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Mencken Mania

Despite some boring passages, Fred Hobson provides a generally interesting and thorough portrait of the original cynic, H.L.Mencken. The book addresses many issues of racism and anti semitism on Mencken's part fairly and openly. The novel is excellently written. I would have preferred more information on the Scope's Trial in relation to Mencken because my interest in Mencken was sparked when reading Inherit the Wind by Laurence and lee in which Mencken is satired as E.K.Hornbeck. Read this book- it is informative and excellent. My congratulations to Fred Hobson and Happy Reading