# Second Mencken Chrestomathy

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- Book: [Second Mencken Chrestomathy](https://www.bookquiver.com/hl-mencken/second-mencken-chrestomathy) ([Second Mencken Chrestomathy.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/hl-mencken/second-mencken-chrestomathy.md))
- Authors: [H.L. Mencken](https://www.bookquiver.com/hl-mencken)
- Publisher: Vintage
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-0783-111-8
- Published: 2013-03-20
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Before there was any such thing as political correctness, H. L. Mencken was flouting it. He was also cheerfully deriding the precursors of family values and lambasting the guardians of public virtue....