by Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (Author)
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.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 678
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Published: 27 Sep 2007
ISBN 10: 019533129X
ISBN 13: 9780195331295