The Free Lance, January-April 1913

Edited and Annotated by S. T. Joshi

By:

H.L. Mencken

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Collected Essays and Journalism of H. L. Mencken

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As he approached his second full year of writing "The Free Lance" for the Baltimore Evening Sun, H. L. Mencken continued to expatiate on an array of topics in the realms of politics, society, and culture. He advocates the liberalization of laws against prostitution; he defends the mispronunciation of foreign words as a feature of the "American language"; he condemns the quackery associated with such movements as Christian Science and the "New Thought"; he continues to argue in support of woman suffrage; he rails against attempts to ban alcohol, cigarettes, and other products, and attacks moral crusaders generally. Elsewhere, he broaches other subjects, as in his grim description of the hanging of an African American felon, as well as a forceful assertion of the citizen's right to defy unjust and immoral laws. Throughout, Mencken displays the perspicacity, pungency, and irreverence that made him the most celebrated journalist of his era.

Release date Australia

April 27th, 2020

Author

H.L. Mencken

Series

Collected Essays and Journalism of H. L. Mencken

Contributor

Edited by S.T. Joshi

Pages

378

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

152x229x21

ISBN-13

9798640709858

Product ID

33501003

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