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    the H. L. Mencken House. His papers were distributed among various city and university libraries, with the largest collection held in the Mencken Room...
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  • The H. L. Mencken House was the home of Baltimore Sun journalist and author Henry Louis Mencken, who lived here from 1883 until his death in 1956. The...
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    Union Square, Baltimore (category Market houses)
    is a diverse urban setting - home to art galleries, artist studios, H.L. Mencken’s lifelong residence, and spacious three-story Italianate and Victorian...
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    The American Language (category Books by H. L. Mencken)
    published in 1919, is a book written by H. L. Mencken about the English language as spoken in the United States. Mencken was inspired by "the argot of the colored...
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  • reviewed favorably by the New York Times, the Saturday Review, and H. L. Mencken. Paul Collins (December 2010). "Vanishing Act". Lapham's Quarterly....
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  • In Defense of Women (category Books by H. L. Mencken)
    In Defense of Women is H. L. Mencken's 1918 book on women and the relationship between the sexes. Some laud the book as progressive while others brand...
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  • A Book of Prefaces (category Books by H. L. Mencken)
    A Book of Prefaces is H. L. Mencken's 1917 collection of essays criticizing American culture, authors, and movements. Mencken described the work as "[My]...
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    Sara Haardt (category H. L. Mencken)
    Collections – The H.L. and Sara Haardt Mencken Collection at Goucher College Encyclopedia of Alabama – Sara Haardt Mencken Findagrave.com – Sara Haardt Mencken...
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  • Marion Bloom (category H. L. Mencken)
    In February 1914, she met H. L. Mencken in Washington, D.C. Shortly after this, the two became romantically involved. Mencken would travel to visit her...
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  • Bathtub hoax (category H. L. Mencken)
    bathtub hoax was a famous hoax perpetrated by the American journalist H. L. Mencken involving the publication of a fictitious history of the bathtub. On...
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