The Editor, The Bluenose, And The Prostitute: H.L. Mencken's History Of The "Hatrack" Censorship Case
by:
H.L. Mencken (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780911797404 (0911797408)
Publish date: December 1st 1990
Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Publishers
Pages no: 174
Edition language: English
This is the chronicle of a legal battle between H. L.Mencken, who was then editor of the American Mercury and Frank Chase, self-appointed censor and leader of the New England Watch and Ward society in Boston during the early 20's. Mencken, of course, had been a foe of New England puritanism for some...