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H. L. Mencken

NPR
Published December 18, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

H.L. Mencken was a columnist, author, editor and linguist. A recently opened large cache of his private papers provides new insight into the life and thoughts of the influential literary journalist. Tom Vitale reports.

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