| Writings in the Baltimore Evening Sun, 1920-1921: Edited and Annotated by S. T. Joshi Contributor(s): Joshi, S. T. (Editor), Mencken, H. L. (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798593651082 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.05 lbs) 358 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When H. L. Mencken resumed writing for the Baltimore Evening Sun in early 1920, after a nearly three-year hiatus, he plunged immediately into the political, social, and cultural issues of the dawning Jazz Age. Much of his focus was on the manifold absurdities and injustices of Prohibition, which he vigorously opposed and mercilessly lampooned as a violation of civil liberties. The impending presidential election, in which the Republican Warren G. Harding would face the Democrat James M. Cox, led to hilarious articles on the buffooneries at the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Harding won in a landslide, and Mencken wrote pungent pieces on Harding's inauguration in March 1921. Along the way, Mencken found time to write articles on subjects ranging from Albert Einstein to the Dempsey-Carpentier boxing match of July 2, 1921, along with reviews of books by H. G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, James Branch Cabell, and others. |