| Edition |
Vintage books ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 240 pages ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1955. |
| Summary |
A collection of essays by the distinguished journalist, representing the broad scope of his social criticism. |
| Contents |
An introduction to H.L. Mencken / Alistair Cooke -- Introduction to the universe -- The Baltimore of the eighties -- Adventures of a Y.M.C.A. lad -- Text for newspaper days -- First appearance in print -- Recollections of notable cops -- Theodore Dreiser -- Gore in the Caribbees -- Pater Patriae -- Quid est veritas -- The art eternal -- The skeptic -- The incomparable buzz-saw -- A blind spot -- Abraham Lincoln -- Lodge -- Cavia Cobaya -- The national letters -- Star-spangled men -- The archangel Woodrow -- The libertine -- The lure of beauty -- The good man -- The Anglo-Saxon -- Holy writ -- Masters of tone -- The noble experiment -- The artist -- Chiropractic -- The hills of Zion -- In memoriam: W.J.B. -- The author at work -- Valentino -- A glance ahead -- The libido for the ugly -- Travail -- A good man gone wrong -- The comedian -- Mr. Justice Holmes -- The calamity of Appomattox -- The new architecture -- The nomination of F.D.R. -- A good man in a bad trade -- Coolidge -- The Wallace paranoia -- Mencken's last stand -- Sententiae -- Exeunt onmes -- Epitaph. |
| Subject |
American essays -- 20th century.
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American essays. (OCoLC)fst00807040
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
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Essays.
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| Added Author |
Cooke, Alistair, 1908-2004.
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| ISBN |
0679728953 |
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9780679728955 |
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