Marion Elizabeth Rodgers

Broschiertes Buch

Mencken

The American Iconoclast: The Life and Times of the Bad Boys of Baltimore

Beschreibung

In this definitive and illuminating biography of Mencken the giant of American letters, we see the prominent role he played in the Scopes Monkey Trial, his crusade against Prohibition, battles against press censorship, exposure of pious frauds, and his role in defining the shape of American letters through magazines such as The American Mercury.

Autor

Marion Elizabeth Rodgers has edited Mencken and Sara: A Life in Letters and The Impossible H.L. Mencken, a popular collection of his best journalism. She lives in Washington, DC.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 674
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1007g
• ISBN-13: 9780195331295
• ISBN-10: 019533129X
• Artikelnr.: 22782742