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Disturber Of The Peace: The Life And Riotous Times Of H. L. Mencken
Disturber Of The Peace The Life And Riotous Times Of H L Mencken Author:William Manchester Once, when asked why, if he found so much to complain about in America, he bothered to live there, H.L. Mencken immediately quipped: "Why do men go to zoos?" Mencken was co-founder and editor of two legendary magazines, The Smart Set and The American Mercury. He has been called "the most powerful personal influence on a whole generation of Am... more »erican people." "Now it has been done. A book has been written about H.L. Mencken which is worthy of the man and of his influence on American letters." (New York Herald Tribune)« less