Download or read book The Life and Riotous Times of H L Mencken written by William Manchester and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Written with verve, intellectual sophistication, and a prickly wit worthy of its eminent subject. . . . A first-class piece of literate entertainment” (The New Yorker). Before he went on to become a celebrated biographer and historian, renowned for such works as A World Lit Only by Fire, American Caesar, and The Last Lion, William Manchester worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun in the 1940s—and it was there that he met fellow journalist H. L. Mencken. This book tells the story of conservative, anarchist H. L. Mencken’s life in compelling, intimate detail—and offers a uniquely personal look at the influential cultural critic and satirist who cofounded the magazines the American Mercury and the Smart Set and became a legend for his sharp and highly quotable wit.
Download or read book The Life and Riotous Times of H L Mencken written by William Manchester and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1947, a young William Manchester--the man who would later become a celebrated biographer, historian, and novelist--was working as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. It was there that he met fellow journalist H.L. Mencken, the influential writer and cofounder of the magazines The American Mercury and The Smart Set. While attending the University of Missouri, Manchester tackled Mencken as the subject of his Masters thesis. When the resulting biography was published on the wider market in 1951, it made a splash--establishing Manchester's reputation as a skilled writer, biographer, and political commentator. This book tells the story of conservative anarchist H.L. Mencken's life in compelling detail--a story that's energetic, controversial, and surprisingly intimate. Crafted in vivid prose, William Manchester brings Mencken's world to life. William Manchester was the most popular and highly regarded historian and biographer of his time--and this powerful book supports that reputation. Manchester's book is written with verve, intellectual sophistication, and a prickly wit worthy of its eminent subject.... [The Life and Riotous Times of H.L. Mencken] performs a considerable service for American intellectual history. It is, besides, a first-class piece of literate entertainment. --The New Yorker
Download or read book Reader s Guide to American History written by Peter J. Parish and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 917 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are so many books on so many aspects of the history of the United States, offering such a wide variety of interpretations, that students, teachers, scholars, and librarians often need help and advice on how to find what they want. The Reader's Guide to American History is designed to meet that need by adopting a new and constructive approach to the appreciation of this rich historiography. Each of the 600 entries on topics in political, social and economic history describes and evaluates some 6 to 12 books on the topic, providing guidance to the reader on everything from broad surveys and interpretive works to specialized monographs. The entries are devoted to events and individuals, as well as broader themes, and are written by a team of well over 200 contributors, all scholars of American history.
Download or read book The Sage of Baltimore written by William Manchester and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American ed. (1950) has title: Disturber of the peace. Includes bibliography.
Download or read book American National Biography written by John A. Garraty and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-12 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American National Biography is the first new comprehensive biographical dicionary focused on American history to be published in seventy years. Produced under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies, the ANB contains over 17,500 profiles on historical figures written by an expert in the field and completed with a bibliography. The scope of the work is enormous--from the earlest recorded European explorations to the very recent past.
Download or read book Popular Trials written by Robert Hariman and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical study of seven popular trials illustrates the interaction of the law and the mass media. The seven are the 17th century trial of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, and the 20th century trials of Scopes, the Chicago Seven, the Catonsville Nine, John Hinckley, Claus von Bulow, and San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book AKASHVANI written by Publications Division (India),New Delhi and published by Publications Division (India),New Delhi. This book was released on 1958-02-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Akashvani" (English ) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO ,it was formerly known as The Indian Listener.It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them,take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service,Bombay ,started on 22 december, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in english, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio,New Delhi.In 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 02-02-1958 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 48 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXIII, No. 5 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 14-45 ARTICLE: 1. Conflict And Concord in Life's Forms 2. Writing For Money 3. Books on Journalism 4. Psychological Approach to Education AUTHOR: 1. Prof. J. B. S. Haldane 2. Ajit Mozoomdar 3. Prof. William A. Dudde 4. Shri G. C. Chatterji KEYWORDS: Atoms Argument Constitute Biological Money Poets Colleges Journalism Editors India Scholars Montessori Method Society Freedom Bergson Document ID: APE-1958-(Jan-Jun)-VOL-I-05
Download or read book Wisconsin Library Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hayseeds Moralizers and Methodists written by Robert Smith Bader and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tattered image of modern-day Kansas and how it got that way is the subject of this pioneering and wonderfully entertaining book. Robert Smith Bader traces the rise and fall of the state's reputation from the turn of the century--when it was a national leader in the two most prominent sociopolitical movements of the era, Progressivism and prohibition--through the Jazz Age--when Kansas came to epitomize strait-laced, fundamentalist values (H.L. Mencken proclaimed it the quintessential "cow state," chock-full of hayseeds, moralizers, and Methodists)--to today's consensus view of Kansas as drab and boring. The book concludes with a marvelous survey of recent popular culture and with a call for a reexamination of the state's historic strengths.
Download or read book Modern American Literature written by Catherine Morley and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive study of modern American literature, casting new light on its origins and themes. Exploring canonical American writers such as Ezra Pound, Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner alongside less familiar writers like Djuna Barnes and Susan Glaspell, the guide takes readers though a diverse literary landscape. It considers how the rise of the American metropolis contributed to the growth of American modernism; and also examines the ways in which regional writers responded to an accelerated American modernity. Taking in African American modernism, cultural and geographical exile, as well as developments in modern American drama, the guide introduces readers to current critical trends in modernist studies.
Download or read book Research Guide to American Historical Biography written by Robert Muccigrosso and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Description and evaluation of the most important secondary and primary sources for 452 American historical figures in all five volumes."--T.p. verso, v.5.
Download or read book Biography Index written by Bea Joseph and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 1304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines.
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Download or read book A k a H L Mencken written by Henry Louis Mencken and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-seven pieces of the 'lost' writings of H L Mencken -- all out of print and many reprinted for the first time since their original publication -- are collected here. These essays, profiles, short stories, criticism, and poetry include: Marketing Wild Animals; Thoughts on Morality; A Footnote on the Duel of Sex; and Along the Potomac. These pieces were written throughout his career under dozens of pseudonyms, including Major Owen Hatteras, John F Brownell, William Fink, William Drayham, and W L D Bell. A bibliography of Mencken's pseudonymous writings is included.
Download or read book The George H Thompson Collection of Henry Louis Mencken written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of the George H. Thompson Collection of Henry Louis Mencken at the Sheridan Libraries of the Johns Hopkins University.
Download or read book American National Biography Supplement 2 written by Mark C. Carnes and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005-05-12 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told more as stories than history lessons, the biographies in American National Biography, Supplement 2 recount the tales of all the different people who shaped America--leaders, composers, entertainers, entrepreneurs, writers, scientists, and outlaws. Each one written by an expert in the field and masterfully woven together to present the most accurate and up-to-date information, the entries bring forth a powerful narrative of America's past and some of the most important figures that went into its formation.As the second in a series, iSupplement 2r includes a fascinating miscellany of 450 lives, ranging from 19th-century eccentric Joshua Abraham Norton who died in 1880, to President Reagan and Rodney Dangerfield, who died in 2004. Supplement 2 includes hundreds of figures of note from the past not included in the original edition of the ANB or Supplement 1.New biographies not in the original set as well as articles first published in the ANB Online are included in the Supplement. The result is hour after absorbing hour spent exploring the literary worlds of Ken Kesey and Eudora Welty, the music of Tito Puente and Perry Como, numerous statesmen and politicians and many, many others.With over 500 new listings, bibliographies after each entry, and a cumulative revised index of occupations and realms of renown, Supplement 2 continues the ANB tradition of bringing the people who have meant so much to this country to the forefront.Visit www.anb.org for more information
Download or read book Editor Publisher written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth estate.
