This monumental new biography--the first to draw on recently released letters, diaries, and personal papers--by the acclaimed author of Serpent in Eden: H.L. Mencken in the South is the first truly comprehensive portrait of this most original of American writers. Photos.
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This monumental new biography--the first to draw on recently released letters, diaries, and personal papers--by the acclaimed author of Serpent in Eden: H.L. Mencken in the South is the first truly comprehensive portrait of this most original of American writers. Photos.
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Fair. There is handwriting, stickers or numbers inside the front cover Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.
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Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. Dust Jacket Taped to Book. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x2; The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, unclipped, in a mylar cover. 8vo. xx, 650pp.
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Like New. Size: 6x2x9; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Ever in control, H.L. Mencken contrived that future generations would see his life as he desired them to. He even wrote Happy Days, Newspaper Days, and other books to fit the pictures he wanted: first, the carefree Baltimore boy; then, the delighted, exuberant critic of American life. But he told only part of the truth. Over the past twenty-five years-since the last Mencken biography-vital collections of the writer's papers have become available, including his literary correspondence, a 2, 100-page diary, equally long manuscripts about his literary and journalistic careers, and numerous accumulations of his personal correspondence. The letters and diaries of Mencken's intimates have been uncovered as well. Now Fred Hobson has used this newly accessible material to fashion the first truly comprehensive portrait of this most original of American originals: a man who was so unhappy in his teens that he contemplated suicide, who taught himself German in order to write on Nietzsche, who considered himself as much European as American; a literary lion who, without benefit of academic training, compiled renowned volumes on the American language; a man of hates and loves, of passions and prejudices-all portrayed in intimate, elegant detail in this landmark biography. -Random House.
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Very Good/Near Fine. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾-9¾Tall; Type: Book This book is a biography of a very prolific writer, H. C. Mencken. The pages are clean and tight with no markings in the book.
