The American Mercury Reader
by Spivak, Lawrence E. & Charles Angoff, editors
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Decatur, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Blakiston. 1944. 378pp. green cloth 8vo: Good+/no dj. A great anthology of articles from H. L. Mencken’s "American Mercury" by celebrated writers ranging from Sinclair Lewis to Sherwood Anderson, Thomas Wolfe, William Faulkner, Carl Sandburg, Zora Neale Hurston, Eugene O’Neill, Vachel Lindsay, William Saroyan and even Mencken (1880-1956) himself (and many, many other famous literary figures). American journalist and publisher Lawrence Spivak (1900-94) was publisher of The American Mercury but is best known for his later association with NBC’s "Meet the Press." Charles Angoff (1902-79), a Mencken protege, was managing editor of The American Mercury.
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- Bookseller
- Auldfarran Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5103
- Title
- The American Mercury Reader
- Author
- Spivak, Lawrence E. & Charles Angoff, editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1944
- Publisher
- Philadelphia: Blakiston
- Keywords
- SHORT STORIES FICTION AMERICAN MERCURY H. L. MENCKEN POETRY ESSAYS LITERATURE SHORT FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Fiction;
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