August Mencken Jr.
American engineer
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| Intro | American engineer | ||
| Places | United States of America | ||
| was | Writer Engineer | ||
| Work field | Engineering Literature | ||
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| Birth | 18 February 1889 | ||
| Death | 19 May 1967 (aged 78 years) | ||
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Biography
August Mencken (February 18, 1889 – May 19, 1967) was an American civil engineer and author. He was the younger brother of Henry Louis Mencken, and the son of cigar magnate August Mencken Sr.
Works
- First-class Passenger (1938)
- By the Neck; A Book of Hangings (1942)
- The Railroad Passenger Car; An Illustrated History of the First Hundred Years (1957)
- The Fair Chanteuse, or, Science is Here to Stay (1958)
- The Reluctant Bride; A Romance (1960)
- Designing and Building the Great Pyramid (1963)