# My Life as Author and Editor

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- Book: [My Life as Author and Editor](https://www.bookquiver.com/hl-mencken/my-life-as-author-and-editor) ([My Life as Author and Editor.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/hl-mencken/my-life-as-author-and-editor.md))
- Authors: [H.L. Mencken](https://www.bookquiver.com/hl-mencken)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7974-102-2
- Pages: 484
- Published: 1995-01-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

H. L. Mencken stipulated that this memoir remain sealed in a vault for thirty-five years after his death. For good reason: My Life as Author and Editor is so telling and uproariously opinionated that it...