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- catalog abstract "In January 1991 the Enoch Pratt Free Library opened the sealed manuscript of H.L. Mencken's "Thirty-five Years of Newspaper Work." Written in 1941-42 and bequeathed to the library under time-lock upon Mencken's death in 1956, it is among the very last of his papers opened to the public. Thirty-five Years of Newspaper Work, a one-volume abridgement of Mencken's much longer memoir, vividly pictures the excitement of newspaper life in the heyday of print journalism. Here Mencken colorfully recalls his years - mostly with the Baltimore Evening Sun - as a reporter and a writer of editorials that always caused a stir among the public and uproars of indignation among his enemies. The volume includes important new material on his coverage of presidential candidates from 1912 to 1940 (Mencken on Harding's inaugural address: "a string of wet sponges") and the 1925 trial of the man he called the "infidel Scopes." Mencken also describes his brief stint as a war correspondent on Germany's subzero Eastern Front in 1917 and the perilous voyage back, which took him through Havana just as a revolution was breaking out. (He stayed to cover it.) He writes, with curious detachment, about the "inevitable" war and likely fate of Germany's Jews during a final visit to his ancestral homeland in summer 1938. And he describes colorful Baltimore personalities, shares local gossip, and offers candid - usually unflattering - portraits of the politicians and clerics he mostly despised.".
- catalog contributor b6544812.
- catalog contributor b6544813.
- catalog contributor b6544814.
- catalog contributor b6544815.
- catalog contributor b6544816.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "1. Young Editor Out of a Job, 1906-1910 -- 2. Prime Minister Without Portfolio, 1910-1914 -- 3. Minority of One, 1914-1919 -- 4. My Ex-Best Girl Has Designs on You, 1919-1920 -- 5. Fruits of Versailles, 1920-1922 -- 6. That Man in Baltimore, 1922-1924 -- 7. Make Tennessee Forever Infamous, 1925 -- 8. Grand Tour of the South, 1925-1926 -- 9. The Knavish Dishonesty of Politicians, 1928 -- 10. No Desire to Be Admired by Morons, 1929-1931 -- 11. Prohibition Was on the Rocks, 1932-1934 -- 12. Battle in the Grand Manner, 1934 -- 13. Snake Charmers, 1933-1937 -- 14. A Chapter Had Ended, 1937-1939 -- 15. Leaving the Stage, 1939-1941 -- Appendix A. An Editorial Memorandum (1919) -- Appendix B. Gridiron Club Speech, December 8, 1934.".
- catalog description "In January 1991 the Enoch Pratt Free Library opened the sealed manuscript of H.L. Mencken's "Thirty-five Years of Newspaper Work." Written in 1941-42 and bequeathed to the library under time-lock upon Mencken's death in 1956, it is among the very last of his papers opened to the public. Thirty-five Years of Newspaper Work, a one-volume abridgement of Mencken's much longer memoir, vividly pictures the excitement of newspaper life in the heyday of print journalism. Here Mencken colorfully recalls his years - mostly with the Baltimore Evening Sun - as a reporter and a writer of editorials that always caused a stir among the public and uproars of indignation among his enemies. The volume includes important new material on his coverage of presidential candidates from 1912 to 1940 (Mencken on Harding's inaugural address: "a string of wet sponges") and the 1925 trial of the man he called the "infidel Scopes." Mencken also describes his brief stint as a war correspondent on Germany's subzero Eastern Front in 1917 and the perilous voyage back, which took him through Havana just as a revolution was breaking out. (He stayed to cover it.) He writes, with curious detachment, about the "inevitable" war and likely fate of Germany's Jews during a final visit to his ancestral homeland in summer 1938. And he describes colorful Baltimore personalities, shares local gossip, and offers candid - usually unflattering - portraits of the politicians and clerics he mostly despised.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xxxvi, 390 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Thirty-five years of newspaper work.".
- catalog identifier "0801847915".
- catalog isFormatOf "Thirty-five years of newspaper work.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Thirty-five years of newspaper work.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "818/.5209 B 20".
- catalog subject "Authors, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Journalists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 Knowledge Communications.".
- catalog subject "PS3525.E43 Z475 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Young Editor Out of a Job, 1906-1910 -- 2. Prime Minister Without Portfolio, 1910-1914 -- 3. Minority of One, 1914-1919 -- 4. My Ex-Best Girl Has Designs on You, 1919-1920 -- 5. Fruits of Versailles, 1920-1922 -- 6. That Man in Baltimore, 1922-1924 -- 7. Make Tennessee Forever Infamous, 1925 -- 8. Grand Tour of the South, 1925-1926 -- 9. The Knavish Dishonesty of Politicians, 1928 -- 10. No Desire to Be Admired by Morons, 1929-1931 -- 11. Prohibition Was on the Rocks, 1932-1934 -- 12. Battle in the Grand Manner, 1934 -- 13. Snake Charmers, 1933-1937 -- 14. A Chapter Had Ended, 1937-1939 -- 15. Leaving the Stage, 1939-1941 -- Appendix A. An Editorial Memorandum (1919) -- Appendix B. Gridiron Club Speech, December 8, 1934.".
- catalog title "Thirty-five years of newspaper work : a memoir / by H.L. Mencken ; edited by Fred Hobson, Vincent Fitzpatrick, Bradford Jacobs.".
- catalog type "text".