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H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken
American journalist, critic, and writer H. L. Mencken cofounded 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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