Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Mencken, H. L. frey50

A choice of days : essays from happy days, newspaper days, and heathen days / H. L. Mencken ; selected and with an introd. by Edward L. Galligan. - 1st ed. - New York : Knopf, 1980. - xxiii, 337 p. ; 22 cm.

Introduction to the universe -- The caves of learning -- The Baltimore of the eighties -- The head of the house -- The training of a gangster -- Larval stage of a bookworm -- Strange scenes and far places -- Allegro con brio -- Drill for a rookie -- The days of the giants -- Recollections of notable cops -- A girl from Red Lion, P.A. -- The synthesis of news -- Fire alarm -- Adventures of a Y.M.C.A. lad -- The tone art -- Gore in the Caribbees -- Romantic intermezzo -- The noble experiment -- Vanishing act.

Twenty chapters selected from three of the author's previous works: Happy days, Heathen days, and Newspaper days.

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Mencken, H. L. 1880-1956 --Biography.


Authors, American--Biography.--20th century
American essays--20th century.

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