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H. L. Mencken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), better known as H. L. Mencken, was a twentieth-century journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and freethinker, known as the 'Sage of Baltimore' and the 'American Nietzsche'. He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th century. At one point in his career, he was simultaneously America's favorite pundit and literary critic. ..."

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Biography

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Web Pages

H. L. Mencken - Libertarian
Advocates for Self-Government

Articles

H. L. Mencken, America's Wittiest Defender of Liberty, by Jim Powell, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Sep 1995
H. L. Mencken: The Joyous Libertarian, by Murray N. Rothbard, New Individualist Review, 1962
The Bathtub, Mencken, and War, by Wendy McElroy, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Sep 1999

Writings

Grover Cleveland - Hero of the Day, American Mercury, Jan 1933
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The Declaration of Independence in American, 7 Nov 1921
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The Land of the Free, 12 Jan 1925

Books

The Skeptic: A Life of H. L. Mencken
    by Terry Teachout, 2002

Books Authored

A Mencken Chrestomathy, 1949
A New Dictionary of Quotations: On Historical Principles from Ancient and Modern Sources
    by Henry Louis Mencken (Editor), 1942
The American Language, 1919
The Vintage Mencken
    by Henry Louis Mencken (Author), Alistair Cooke (Compiler), 1955