H. L. Mencken

Here's a hyperlinked biography of Mencken, which includes quotes and a bibliography.

This brief biography also has a photo, some links, and some information about Mencken's The American Language.

The Pratt Library houses a Mencken collection and this page provides a biography along with a photo and a portrait.

Although the Scopes trial was decades ago, the issues raised there are far from being settled today. Read this essay by a creationist who decries the “mean-spirited” nature of evolutionists.

This is the homepage of the Baltimore Sun, the newspaper with which Mencken had a long and illustrious relationship.

Mencken enjoyed a good hoax (and who doesn't, from time to time?) Read about one he started. (It's about a U.S. President and a bathtub.)

The Mencken Society has a website and this is its homepage. There, you'll find news, information about a transcription project, quotes, a sampler, a search engine, and some reviews, among other things.

Here is The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States in etext.

Looking for a quote by Mencken to use in a research paper? Try this collection in etext.

Mencken covered what was to become known as the Scopes “Monkey Trial” in 1925. Click here to read his account of this fascinating case. Have you seen any of the filmed versions of the event, by the way?