H.L. Mencken

A Religious Orgy in Tennessee: A Reporter's Account of the Scopes Monkey Trial

by H.L. Mencken & Art Winslow

"The native American Voltaire, the enemy of all puritans, the heretic in the Sunday school, the one-man demolition crew of the genteel tradition."

-Alistair Cooke on H.L. Mencken

Fiercely intelligent, scathingly...

American Language Supplement 2

by H.L. Mencken

The DEFINITIVE EDITION OF The American Language was published in 1936.  Since then it has been recognized as a classic.  It is that rarest of literary accomplishments—a book that is authoritative and scientific...

Mencken Chrestomathy

by H.L. Mencken

Edited and annotated by H.L.M., this is a selection from his out-of-print writings. They come mostly from books—the six of the PREJUDICES series, A BOOK OF BURLESQUES, IN DEFENSE OF WOMEN, NOTES ON DEMOCRACY,...

Diary of H. L. Mencken

by H.L. Mencken

A Historical Treasure: the never-before, published diary of the most outspoken, iconoclastic, ferociously articulate of American social critics -- the sui generis newspaperman, columnist for the Baltimore Sun,...

My Life as Author and Editor

by H.L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken stipulated that this memoir remain sealed in a vault for thirty-five years after his death. For good reason: My Life as Author and Editor is so telling and uproariously opinionated that is might...