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en

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Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

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Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2007-01-07

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

1880–1956

A sharp-tongued journalist and cultural critic, he became one of the most recognizable American literary voices of the early 20th century. His essays, reporting, and satire made him famous for taking aim at politics, religion, and social pretensions with fearless wit.

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George Jean Nathan

George Jean Nathan

1882–1958

A sharp-tongued theater critic and editor, he became one of the most influential voices in American drama in the first half of the 20th century. His writing was witty, skeptical, and fearless, helping shape the way serious theater was discussed in the United States.

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Willard Huntington Wright

Willard Huntington Wright

1888–1939

Best known for creating the suave detective Philo Vance, this American writer moved from art criticism into wildly popular mystery fiction in the 1920s. Writing as S. S. Van Dine, he helped shape the classic puzzle-style detective novel.

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