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Robert McHugh

Robert McHugh was a journalist and friend of H.L. Mencken. He edited a collection of Mencken's essays titled, "The Bathtub Hoax and Other Blasts & Bravos," following Mencken's death. He was the only journalist invited to Mencken's funeral. McHugh worked in Iowa, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Baltimore. He spent his later years as the editor of the Biloxi Herald.

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The Truth About Jefferson Davis

This piece originally appeared in Southern Partisan magazine in 1983. Rosemont Plantation, the childhood home of Jefferson Davis, is nes­tled in the gently rolling hills of southwest Mississippi. Carefully restored, the Davis family home is shaded by moss-hung oaks and catalpa trees, surrounded by lush vegetation and warmed by newly-greened memories of the past. It is the last place on…
Robert McHugh
June 3, 2015