{"product_id":"a-second-mencken-chrestomathy-h-l-mencken-9780801885495","title":"A Second Mencken Chrestomathy: A New Selection from the Writings of America's Legendary Editor, Critic, and Wit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a style that combined biting sarcasm with the \"language of the free lunch counter,\" Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and politicians for nearly half a century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a style that combined biting sarcasm with the \"language of the free lunch counter,\" Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and politicians for nearly half a century. Now, fifty years after Mencken's death, the Johns Hopkins University Press announces \u003cb\u003eThe Buncombe Collection\u003c\/b\u003e, newly packaged editions of nine Mencken classics: \u003ci\u003eHappy Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeathen Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewspaper Day\u003c\/i\u003es, \u003ci\u003ePrejudices\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTreatise on the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThirty-Five Years of Newspaper Work\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMinority Report\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Second Mencken Chrestomathy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscovered among his private papers and edited by columnist Terry Teachout, this collection is full of the iconoclastic common sense that marked Mencken's astonishing career as the premier American social critic of the twentieth century. This chrestomathy (\"a collection of literary passages\") incorporates writings about a variety of subjects: politics, war, music, literature, men and women, lawyers, and the brethren of the cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. L. Mencken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801885493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801885495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.94w x 1.32d","brand":"H. L. Mencken","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448953614591,"sku":"9780801885495","price":50.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e10f0c74-2424-46e7-8b03-0ed99af5c7ac.jpg?v=1777261325","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-second-mencken-chrestomathy-h-l-mencken-9780801885495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}