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E. K. Hornbeck of the Baltimore Herald

posted 10 years ago by romar289
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Cool trivia note:

The Herald's most notable writer and editor was young H. L. Mencken.

[–] kattlee 10 years ago

Isn't he based on him?

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[–] romar289 10 years ago

Yes. Being from the B-more area, I wasn't too sure how many others knew it.

For a nice read about his reporting on the trial, check out this link:

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=1077

[–] Toshi51 9 years ago

Hornbeck is based upon Mencken but this is not a biography. Some similarities, some differences.

[–] Rogo-9 9 years ago

"Of course we should respect the other fellows religion, but only in the same sense that we respect his opinion that his wife is beautiful and children are intelligent."

Mencken was awesome.