{"product_id":"on-politics-h-l-mencken-9780801885556","title":"On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe","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\u003eThese seventy political pieces from the 1920s and 1930s are drawn from Mencken's famous Monday columns in the \u003ci\u003eBaltimore Evening Sun\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. L. Mencken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801885558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801885556\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 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"H. L. Mencken","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790057959679,"sku":"9780801885556","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dde83683-0550-4a19-9175-6d144895a189.jpg?v=1707287835","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-politics-h-l-mencken-9780801885556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}