# A Mencken Chrestomathy

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- Authors: [H.L. Mencken](https://www.bookquiver.com/hl-mencken)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-9475-209-9
- Pages: 656
- Published: 1982-04-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Edited and annotated by H. L. M., this is a selection from his out-of-print writings. They come mostly from books—the six installments of the Prejudices series, A Book of Burlesques, In Defense of...