The Vintage Mencken

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The finest and fiercest essays of the great literary iconoclast.

"A master craftsman of daily journalism in the twentieth century...the native American Voltaire, the enemy of all puritans, the heretic in the Sunday School, the one-man demolition crew of the genteel tradition."
- Alistair Cooke

A comic voice that blends the accents of the drawing room and the pool hall. A respect for the native wisdom of cops, bartenders, and ladies of the evening. A radar-like ear for the idiocies of priests, politicians, and the American "booboisie". These are the hallmarks of Henry Louis Mencken, whose work delighted and scandalized readers during the first half of the century. Collected by Alistair Cooke in this marvelous volume, Mencken's best essays are enduring masterpieces of cauterizing wit and charm.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 8.2" x 5.4" x 1.1"
ISBN: 0679728953

Alistair Cooke
British-born American journalist and commentator, best known for his lively and insightful interpretations of American history and culture. Cooke pursued literary and theatrical interests at Jesus College, Cambridge, and graduated summa cum laude in 1930. Later he won a Commonwealth Fund fellowship to study in the United States, first at Yale (1932-1933), then at Harvard (1933-1934). Cooke's cross-country travels during the summers of these years had a profound influence on his professional life.

From the late 1930s, Cooke reported and commented on American affairs for BBC radio and several major British newspapers. His weekly 15-minute program, Letter from America, broadcast from 1946 to 2004, was one of the longest-running series on radio. The texts of many broadcasts were collected in One Man's America (1952) and Talk About America (1968). From 1956 to 1961 Cooke hosted and narrated the weekly television

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