H. L. Mencken

Happy Days, 1880–1892 is the first of an autobiographical trilogy by H.L. Mencken, covering his days as a child in Baltimore, Maryland. The book was received with some surprise by Mencken's readers, since, unlike his commentaries on current events, it is written with great warmth and affection. Mencken's childhood was …

American author, critic, newspaper man, and iconoclast, H. L. Mencken maintained that women are smarter than men and cited numerous examples of the female's overwhelming skill and cunning to support his position. Originally published in 1922, this book considers topics that remain of vital interest to today's …