Notes on Democracy

by H. L. Mencken

Overview

[Democracy] [i]is, perhaps, the most charming form of government ever devised by man... It is based on propositions that are palpably not trueand what is not true, as everyone knows, is always immensely more fascinating and satisfying to the vast majori

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781443726375
Publisher:	Holmes Press
Publication date:	11/04/2008
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) was an American journalist, critic, essayist, satirist, and scholar. He began his career on local newspapers in 1899, becoming a reporter for the Baltimore Morning Herald and then serving on the staff of the Baltimore Sun. He is best known for the aggressive iconoclasm of his editorial policies, challenging cherished beliefs and institutions. The term "Menckenian" has entered multiple dictionaries to describe anything of or pertaining to Mencken, including his combative rhetorical and prose style.

Stefan Rudnicki is an award winning audiobook narrator, director and producer. He was born in Poland and now resides in Studio City, California. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks and has participated in over a thousand as a writer, producer, or director. He is a recipient of multiple Audie Awards and AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as a Grammy Award, a Bram Stoker Award, and a Ray Bradbury Award. He received AudioFile's award for 2008 Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Along with a cast of other narrators, Rudnicki has read a number of Orson Scott Card's best-selling science fiction novels. He worked extensively with many other science fiction authors, including David Weber and Ben Bova. In reviewing the twentieth anniversary edition audiobook of Card's Ender's Game, Publishers Weekly stated, "Rudnicki, with his lulling, sonorous voice, does a fine job articulating Ender's inner struggle between the kind, peaceful boy he wants to be and the savage, violent actions he is frequently forced to take." Rudnicki is also a stage actor and director.

Editorial Reviews

[A] tremendous polemic…[which] destroy[s] by rendering it ridiculous and unfashionable, the democratic tradition of the American pioneers.”

Saturday Review of Literature (1926)