Publisher's Synopsis
The American Mercury Magazine September to December 1926 is a collection of articles and essays edited by the renowned American journalist and critic H. L. Mencken. The magazine covers a wide range of topics, including politics, literature, culture, and social issues. The articles are written by some of the most prominent writers and thinkers of the time, such as Sinclair Lewis, Will Durant, and Theodore Dreiser. Mencken himself contributes several pieces, including his famous essay ""The Libido for the Ugly."" The magazine provides a fascinating glimpse into the intellectual and cultural climate of the 1920s in America, a time of great change and experimentation. This edition of the American Mercury Magazine is a valuable resource for anyone interested in American history, literature, or journalism.This volume of The American Mercury magazine includes the issues from September 1926 to December 1926. Found in each issue are such columns as Americana, The Arts and Sciences, The Theater, and The Library. The reader will also discover plays, poetry and stories on a myriad of topics in each issue. Sample contents: Guatemala; What Price Liberty; Home of Mark Twain; Changing Fashions in History; Cowboys; Pontifex Babbitt; Wanted, A New Messiah; Bad Businessman in New England; Saving the Sophomore; Custer and Rain in the Face; Father of Prohibition; Five Portraits of Galvanized Iron; Gold and Gourdes; Palmy Days of Methodism; and much more.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
