The Gist of Mencken: Quotations from America's Critic

By Dubasky and H. L. Mencken

Behind only the King James Bible, Shakespeare, and Twain, comes Mencken as a quotable source on subjects including (but far from limited to) diet and exercise, fundamentalists and preachers, marriage and divorce, presidents and congressmen, theater and entertainment, city life and farmers, scenery

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810821508
• ISBN13: 9780810821507
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 862 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Extraordinary collection of quotations

This book is essential for Mencken lovers. It contains a huge number of mostly obscure Mencken quotes. These are not just the pithy zingers for which Mencken is famous, but many more lengthy items. Indispensible.