December eBook of the Month

December eBook of the Month
Mencken: The American Iconoclast

In a long line that stretches from Benjamin Franklin to Mark Twain and beyond, H. L. Mencken stands as one of America's most influential stylists and
its most prominent iconoclast. Feared by preachers, loathed by politicians, Mencken was the country's most famous pundit, tackling prohibition, civil
liberties, and freedom of the press at a time when few dared to question complacency. Even 50 years after his death, many of Mencken's political
insights still hold true.

In Mencken: The American Iconoclast, author Marion Elizabeth Rodgers draws on research from more than sixty archives to vividly recreate Mencken's
life and era. She shows how Mencken fought for civil liberties and free speech. We see the prominent role he played in the Scopes Monkey Trial, his
long crusade against Prohibition, his fierce battles against press censorship, and his constant exposure of pious frauds and empty uplift. And
throughout, Rodgers captures the irrepressible spirit and irreverent wit for which Mencken was famed.

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