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A Life
出版Random House Publishing Group, 2012-10-10
主題Biography & Autobiography / Literary FiguresLiterary Collections / EssaysLiterary Collections / Diaries & Journals
ISBN03078233699780307823366
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NMnMffnXRXYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Ever in control, H. L. Mencken contrived that future generations would see his life as he desired them to. He even wrote Happy Days, Newspaper Days, and other books to fit the pictures he wanted: first, the carefree Baltimore boy; then, the delighted, exuberant critic of American life.

But he only told part of the truth. Over the past twenty-five years, vital collections of the writer's papers have become available, including his literary correspondence, a 2,100-page diary, equally long manuscripts about his literary and journalistic careers, and numerous accumulations of his personal correspondence. The letters and diaries of Mencken's intimates have been uncovered as well.

Now Fred Hobson has used this newly accessible material to fashion the first truly comprehensive portrait of this most original of American originals.

NOTE: This edition does not include photographs.