{"product_id":"9780801885334","title":"Minority Report","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith 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 \u003cb\u003eThe Buncombe Collection\u003c\/b\u003e, newly packaged editions of nine Mencken classics: \u003ci\u003eHappy Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeathen Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewspaper Day\u003c\/i\u003es, \u003ci\u003ePrejudices\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTreatise on the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThirty-Five Years of Newspaper Work\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMinority Report\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Second Mencken Chrestomathy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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 \u003cb\u003eThe Buncombe Collection\u003c\/b\u003e, newly packaged editions of nine Mencken classics: \u003ci\u003eHappy Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeathen Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewspaper Day\u003c\/i\u003es, \u003ci\u003ePrejudices\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTreatise on the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThirty-Five Years of Newspaper Work\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMinority Report\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Second Mencken Chrestomathy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46224895312113,"sku":"9780801885334","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780801885334_p0.jpg?v=1765263197","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780801885334","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}