Minority Report
“Minority Report” by H. L. Mencken, published by JHU Press in 1956, is part of The Buncombe Collection, which features newly packaged editions of nine of Mencken’s classics. This edition spans 293 pages and is presented in English. Mencken’s work is characterized by a distinctive style that blends biting sarcasm with accessible language, reflecting his critical perspective on politics and society.
In “Minority Report,” Mencken revisits his notebooks to curate pieces that he deemed most relevant and insightful. Readers will encounter a collection that showcases his views on various subjects, including biography, history, and journalism. This edition offers a glimpse into Mencken’s thoughts and observations, aiming to provoke thought and challenge conventional perspectives.
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With a style that combined biting sarcasm with the “language of the free lunch counter,” Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and politicians for nearly half a century. Now, fifty years after Mencken’s death, the Johns Hopkins University Press announces The Buncombe Collection, newly packaged editions of nine Mencken classics: Happy Days, Heathen Days, Newspaper Days, Prejudices, Treatise on the Gods, On Politics, Thirty-Five Years of Newspaper Work, Minority Report, and A Second Mencken Chrestomathy.
With a style that combined biting sarcasm with the “language of the free lunch counter,” Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and politicians for nearly half a century. Now, fifty years after Mencken’s death, the Johns Hopkins University Press announces The Buncombe Collection, newly packaged editions of nine Mencken classics: Happy Days, Heathen Days, Newspaper Days, Prejudices, Treatise on the Gods, On Politics, Thirty-Five Years of Newspaper Work, Minority Report, and A Second Mencken Chrestomathy.
In 1956, Mencken read through his notebooks and extracted those pieces he thought truest, most pertinent, most precise, or most likely to blow the dust out of a reader’s brain.
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