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In the second volume of his autobiography, Mencken recalls his early years as a reporter. Mencken learned his craft so well that by 1901 he became the Baltimore Morning Herald's Sunday editor and by 1906 was hired as an editor of the Baltimore Sun, where he quickly attracted a national following.
H. L. Mencken was born in Baltimore in 1880 and remained a lifelong resident. Opinionated and controversial, his column for the Baltimore Sun earned him a national reputation. He died in 1956.
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In the second volume of his autobiography, Mencken recalls his early years as a reporter. Mencken learned his craft so well that by 1901 he became the Baltimore Morning Herald's Sunday editor and by 1906 was hired as an editor of the Baltimore Sun, where he quickly attracted a national following.
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OF all the eminent characters who flourished in the West Baltimore of my infancy, the one most venerated by the boys of my generation was Hoggie Unglebower, an uncouth youth whose empire and influence, radiating out from an humble stable in the alley which ran behind our house in Hollins street, covered altogether an area of at least half a square mile. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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OF all the eminent characters who flourished in the West Baltimore of my infancy, the one most venerated by the boys of my generation was Hoggie Unglebower, an uncouth youth whose empire and influence, radiating out from an humble stable in the alley which ran behind our house in Hollins street, covered altogether an area of at least half a square mile. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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