{"product_id":"a-religious-orgy-in-tennessee-paperback-by-h-l-mencken","title":"A Religious Orgy in Tennessee Paperback by H.L. Mencken","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eMelville House\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2006-09-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e232\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781933633176\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e240.98\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.05 x 13.97 x 1.27\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The  native American Voltaire, the enemy of all puritans, the heretic in the  Sunday school, the one-man demolition crew of the genteel tradition.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Alistair Cooke \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fiercely intelligent, scathingly honest, and hysterically funny, H.L.  Mencken’s coverage of the Scopes Monkey Trial so galvanized the nation that it eventually  inspired a Broadway play and the classic Hollywood movie \u003ci\u003eInherit the Wind.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mencken’ s no-nonsense sensibility is still exciting: his perceptive rendering of the courtroom  drama; his piercing portrayals of key figures Scopes, Clarence Darrow, and William  Jennings Bryan; his ferocious take on the fundamentalist culture surrounding it all—including  a raucous midnight trip into the woods to witness a secret “holy roller” service.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Shockingly, these reports have never been gathered together into a book of their  own—until now.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Religious Orgy In Tennessee \u003c\/i\u003eincludes all of Mencken’s reports for  T\u003ci\u003ehe Baltimore Sun, The Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe American Mercury\u003c\/i\u003e. It even includes his coverage  of Bryan’s death just days after the trial—an obituary so withering Mencken was forced  by his editors to rewrite it, angering him and leading him to rewrite it yet again  in a third version even less forgiving than the first. All three versions are included,  as is a complete transcript of the trial’s most legendary exchange: Darrow’s blistering  cross-examination of Bryan.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With the rise of “intelligent design,” H.L. Mencken’ s work has never seemed more unnervingly timely—or timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eH.L. Mencken is one of American history's foremost journalists. Writing from the turn of the century until the late 1940's for the \u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper, he was known for a savage wit, an erudite if salty language, and an iconoclastic outlook that saw through politicians and fads with fearless abandon. He died in 1956.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor Art Winslow writes frequently for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, and was, for many years, Literary Editor and Executive Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Nation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556620783777,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781933633176","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781933633176.jpg?v=1781822856","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/a-religious-orgy-in-tennessee-paperback-by-h-l-mencken","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}