H. L. Mencken: Prejudices Vol. 1 (Loa #206): First, Second, and Third Series

by H.L. Mencken

Book Overview

H. L. Mencken was unquestionably the most provocative and influential journalist and cultural critic in twentieth-century America. The six volumes of Prejudices, published between 1919 and 1927, were both a slashing attack on what Mencken saw as American provincialism and hypocrisy and a resounding defense of the writers and thinkers he thought of as harbingers of a new frankness and maturity. Laced with savage humor and delighting in verbal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598530747
• ISBN13: 9781598530742
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher