LibGuides: Primary Sources: The 1920s: Mencken, H. L.

Online Sources: H. L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken's Reports from the Scopes Trial
Coverage of The Scopes Trial by H.L. Mencken
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Coverage of The Scopes Trial by H.L. Mencken From The Baltimore Evening Sun, June to September 1925
FBI Vault: Henry Louis (H.L.) Mencken
Interview with H. L. Mencken - Audio Recording
Library of Congress
UNZ: H. L. Mencken articles & book reviews

Book Sources: H. L. Mencken

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A Choice of Days by H. L. Mencken; Edward L. Galligan (Editor)
Call Number: PS3525.E43 Z517 1980
ISBN: 0394507959
The Diary of H. L. Mencken by H. L. Mencken
Call Number: PS3525.E43 Z463 1989
ISBN: 039456877X
Selections cover the years 1930-1948. Provides observations on American society by the American newspaper columnist.
Ich Kuss die Hand: The Letters of H.L. Mencken to Gretchen by H. L. Mencken; Peter W. Dowell (Editor)
Call Number: PS3525.E43 Z485 1986
ISBN: 0817302964
In Defense of Women by H.L. Mencken
Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust
Publication Date: 1922
A Mencken Chrestomathy by H.L. Mencken
Call Number: PS3525.E43 A6 1949
Men versus the Man by H. L. Mencken and Robert Rives La Monte
Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust
a correspondence between Robert Rives La Monte, socialist, and H. L. Mencken, individualist.
My Life As Author and Editor by H. L. Mencken
Call Number: PS3525.E43 Z468 1993
ISBN: 0679413154
The Vintage Mencken by H. L. Mencken
Call Number: PS3525.E43 A6 C772, 1955
Gathered by Alistair Cooke
The Young Mencken; the Best of his Work by H. L. Mencken
Call Number: PS3525.E43 A16 Y7
Collected by Carl Bode
Prejudices: First Series by Henry Louis Mencken
Call Number: Online - free - Documenting the American South
Publication Date: 1919
"Prejudices: First Series (1919), the first of six volumes (published 1919-1927) collecting his short essays, includes Mencken's characteristically scathing yet humorous assessments of various literary and artistic figures as well as more general ruminations on American culture."
Prejudices (1st, 2nd, 3rd Series) via HathiTrust by H. L. Mencken
Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust

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