Ebook {Epub PDF} Christmas Story by H.L. Mencken

Christmas Story was published in William Manchester referred to it "as a whimsical little sketch." William Manchester referred to it "as a whimsical little sketch." This is a fundraising event sponsored by the Society to Preserve H.L. Mencken's Legacy and they invite all admirers of Mencken to participate in this holiday event!  · Christmas was approaching and the lieutenant was in an unhappy and rebellious frame of mind--not because he objected to its orgies as such, or because he sought to deny Christians its beautiful consolations, but simply and solely because he always had the job of keeping order at the annual free dinner by the massed missions of the town to the derelicts of the waterfront, and that . From dust jacket: H. L. Mencken, with an author's tenderness for his offspring, describes this little book as "a Christmas story to surpass, transcend and put an end to all other Christmas stories. He says that it is full of "psychology, sociology, tehology (both moral and dogmatic), ethics, aesthetics, economics, penology, psychiatry and sex appeal.".

Christmas Story Mencken, H. L. Published by Alfred A. Knopf. Condition: Very Good Hardcover. Save for Later. From ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.) AbeBooks Seller Since 24 March Seller Rating. Quantity: 1. View all copies of this book. Buy Used. H.L. Mencken's Christmas Story by H. L. Mencken. Publication date Topics Mencken, Christmas Collection opensource Language English. Published by Mencken in Addeddate Identifier mencken-christmas-story Identifier-ark ark://t74v5gv6c Ocr ABBYY FineReader (Extended OCR) Ppi He was short on letters (his father had smashed the lower-case R's on Christmas morning), and Mencken, who had written his name Henry L. or Harry, settled on H.L. Mencken. It stayed for life.

In , per his instructions, Alfred A. Knopf published Mencken's "secret diary" as The Diary of H. L. Mencken. According to an Associated Press story, Mencken's views shocked even the "sympathetic scholar who edited it," Charles A. Fecher of Baltimore. [3]. CHRISTMAS STORY. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Fine / Near Fine. Item # Illustrations by Bill Crawford. A fine copy in near fine illustrated Second Issue dust jacket with Mencken's face complete with glasses on rear panel of dust jacket. 31 pp. Christmas story Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Christmas story by Mencken, H. L. Publication date Publisher New York: A. A. Knopf.