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H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken
American journalist, critic, and writer H. L. Mencken co-founded the literary magazine American Mercury in 1924. He was critical of the shortcomings of American democracy and the middle class and called the American public the “booboisie.”
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Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis)
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