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Tag Archives: gum-shoe steiner
H. L. Mencken rips Gum-shoe Steiner & sour old maids at Pratt Library
The following excerpt was published in yesterday’s Baltimore Sun (“Sage Words” by Mary Carole McCauley, September 21, 2014). It’s taken from H.L. Mencken, “The Days Trilogy, Expanded Edition,” edited by Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (Copyright 2014 by The Library of America, … Continue reading
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