{"product_id":"happy-days-h-l-mencken-9780801885310","title":"Happy Days: Mencken's Autobiography: 1880-1892","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. 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\/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\u003eMost of these autobiographical writings first appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Here Mencken recalls memories of a safe and happy boyhood in the Baltimore of the 1880s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. L. Mencken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801885310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801885310\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 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"H. L. Mencken","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926141141247,"sku":"9780801885310","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_af10d5d2-9216-4f02-8296-cb86721da9ce.jpg?v=1681081429","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/happy-days-h-l-mencken-9780801885310","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}