- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- Prologue BOSTON, 1926
- Part One 1880–1914
- 1 THE CITIZEN OF BALTIMORE
- 2 THE ETERNAL BOY
- 3 AUGUST MENCKEN & BRO.
- 4 BALTIMORE AND BEYOND
- 5 TERSE AND TERRIBLE TEXTS
- 6 PLAYS AND PLAYERS
- 7 THE GREAT BALTIMORE FIRE
- 8 A MAN OF ABILITY
- 9 A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY
- 10 BROADENING HORIZONS
- 11 THE BAD BOY OF BALTIMORE
- 12 OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN
- Part Two 1914–1919
- 13 THE HOLY TERROR
- 14 MENCKEN, NATHAN, AND GOD
- 15 ROUND ONE!
- 16 BERLIN, 1917
- 17 THE PREVAILING WINDS
- 18 OVER HERE
- 19 THE INFERNAL FEMININE
- Part Three 1920–1930
- 20 THE DRY MILLENNIUM DAWNS
- 21 OF POLITICS AND PROSE
- 22 THAT MAN IN BALTIMORE
- 23 THE DUEL OF SEX
- 24 OLD DISCORD AND NEW ALLIANCES
- 25 THE SCOPES TRIAL
- 26 IN THE CRUCIBLE
- 27 BANNED IN BOSTON
- 28 THE GREAT GOD MENCKEN
- 29 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
- 30 THE GERMAN VALENTINO
- 31 THE SEA OF MATRIMONY
- 32 VARIATIONS ON A FAMILIAR THEME
- Part Four 1930–1935
- 33 THE TAMED OGRE OF CATHEDRAL STREET
- 34 HARD TIMES
- 35 “HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN”
- 36 MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND
- 37 THE TUNE CHANGES
- 38 THE LATE MR. MENCKEN
- 39 A TIME TO BE WARY
- 40 A WINTER OF HORROR
- Part Five 1936–1940
- 41 BALTIMORE'S FRIENDLY DRAGON
- 42 MENCKEN AS BOSS
- 43 BERLIN, 1938
- 44 POLEMICS AND PREJUDICES
- 45 TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY
- Part Six 1941–1948
- 46 THE WEAPON OF SILENCE
- 47 ON THE HOME FRONT
- 48 MENCKEN AND THE GUILD
- 49 FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
- 50 THE MAN WHO HATES EVERYTHING
- 51 THE GREAT UPSET OF 1948
- Part Seven 1949–1956
- 52 THE LAST DAYS
- Epilogue: THE PASSING OF AN ERA
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
Dedication
- Source:
- Mencken
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- Prologue BOSTON, 1926
- Part One 1880–1914
- 1 THE CITIZEN OF BALTIMORE
- 2 THE ETERNAL BOY
- 3 AUGUST MENCKEN & BRO.
- 4 BALTIMORE AND BEYOND
- 5 TERSE AND TERRIBLE TEXTS
- 6 PLAYS AND PLAYERS
- 7 THE GREAT BALTIMORE FIRE
- 8 A MAN OF ABILITY
- 9 A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY
- 10 BROADENING HORIZONS
- 11 THE BAD BOY OF BALTIMORE
- 12 OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN
- Part Two 1914–1919
- 13 THE HOLY TERROR
- 14 MENCKEN, NATHAN, AND GOD
- 15 ROUND ONE!
- 16 BERLIN, 1917
- 17 THE PREVAILING WINDS
- 18 OVER HERE
- 19 THE INFERNAL FEMININE
- Part Three 1920–1930
- 20 THE DRY MILLENNIUM DAWNS
- 21 OF POLITICS AND PROSE
- 22 THAT MAN IN BALTIMORE
- 23 THE DUEL OF SEX
- 24 OLD DISCORD AND NEW ALLIANCES
- 25 THE SCOPES TRIAL
- 26 IN THE CRUCIBLE
- 27 BANNED IN BOSTON
- 28 THE GREAT GOD MENCKEN
- 29 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
- 30 THE GERMAN VALENTINO
- 31 THE SEA OF MATRIMONY
- 32 VARIATIONS ON A FAMILIAR THEME
- Part Four 1930–1935
- 33 THE TAMED OGRE OF CATHEDRAL STREET
- 34 HARD TIMES
- 35 “HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN”
- 36 MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND
- 37 THE TUNE CHANGES
- 38 THE LATE MR. MENCKEN
- 39 A TIME TO BE WARY
- 40 A WINTER OF HORROR
- Part Five 1936–1940
- 41 BALTIMORE'S FRIENDLY DRAGON
- 42 MENCKEN AS BOSS
- 43 BERLIN, 1938
- 44 POLEMICS AND PREJUDICES
- 45 TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY
- Part Six 1941–1948
- 46 THE WEAPON OF SILENCE
- 47 ON THE HOME FRONT
- 48 MENCKEN AND THE GUILD
- 49 FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
- 50 THE MAN WHO HATES EVERYTHING
- 51 THE GREAT UPSET OF 1948
- Part Seven 1949–1956
- 52 THE LAST DAYS
- Epilogue: THE PASSING OF AN ERA
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX