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UNINA9910465369003321 |
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Autore |
Rodgers Marion Elizabeth |
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Titolo |
Mencken [[electronic resource] ] : the American iconoclast / / Marion Elizabeth Rodgers |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-533129-X |
1-60129-853-6 |
1-280-44130-5 |
9786610441303 |
0-19-802366-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (673 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Authors, American - 20th century |
Journalists - United States |
Editors - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [634]-647) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1880-1914 -- 1914-1919 -- 1920-1930 -- 1930-1935 -- 1936-1940 -- 1941-1948 -- 1949-1956. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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H.L. Mencken enjoys a reputation as a great newspaper journalist, famous wit, and a figure of controversy. This biography traces his extraordinary life and the great issues he made his own: civil liberty, free speech & the repeal of prohibition. |
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