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Alex Beam

The model of a modern Mencken

By Alex Beam
Globe Columnist / October 4, 2006

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A few weeks ago I received a copy of "A Religious Orgy in Tennessee," a collection of journalist H.L. Mencken's famous dispatches from the Scopes "monkey" trial. I took the book on the subway to a luncheon appointment and opened it at random. Of course, I burst out laughing. (Full article: 782 words)

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