Letters of Ring Lardner
Title | Letters of Ring Lardner PDF eBook |
Author | Clifford M. Caruthers |
Publisher | Orchises Press |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Authors, American |
ISBN | 9780914061526 |
Letters from Ring Lardner
Title | Letters from Ring Lardner PDF eBook |
Author | Ring Lardner |
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Release | 1925 |
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The collection also contains an autograph [n.d.] for Glen Walton Blodgett and an article, 1937 Marcg 5, by H. B. Pettee on Ring Lardner clipped from "Reading & Collecting."
You Know Me Al
Title | You Know Me Al PDF eBook |
Author | Ring Lardner |
Publisher | Barnes & Noble Publishing |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780760758335 |
Ring Lardner, America's great humorist and shortstory writer, began his career as a sports writer. Because of his interest in baseball, he began putting stories in his newspaper column that were purportedly written by unlettered athletes. Lardner, who had an excellent ear for dialogue, actually wrote these stories in the voice of the fictional rookie ballplayer Jack Keefe, a White Sox pitcher, who writes letters to his friend Al Blanchard back home in Bedford, Indiana. Several streams of American comic tradition merge in You Know Me Al: the comic letter, the wisecrack, the braggart character, the use of sporting vocabulary and fractured English as a means to apologetics. This collection of short stories revealed Lardner's talent for the sports idiom he made famous. Usually cynical and pessimistic, his stories are peopled by ordinary characters. Lardner often used his own experiences as the model or inspiration for the fiction he wrote.
Letters from Ring
Title | Letters from Ring PDF eBook |
Author | Ring Lardner |
Publisher | Northern Illinois University Press |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Authors, American |
ISBN | 9780911938098 |
The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner
Title | The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner PDF eBook |
Author | Ring Lardner |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 589 |
Release | 2017-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0803269730 |
"An anthology of journalist Ring Lardner's writings on sports and other nonfiction topics that collects works that have been mostly unavailable for decades"--
You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters
Title | You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters PDF eBook |
Author | Ring Lardner |
Publisher | Good Press |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 2023-10-25 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
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In Ring Lardner's 'You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters', readers are immersed in the world of minor league baseball through the correspondence of Jack Keefe, a young pitcher navigating his way through the challenges and triumphs of his career. Lardner's epistolary style captures the authentic voice of a naive and often boastful narrator, offering a satirical yet poignant exploration of the American Dream and the complexities of ambition and self-deception. Set against the backdrop of the early 20th century, this novel showcases Lardner's unique blend of humor and social commentary, making it a timeless classic in American literature. Through Keefe's letters, Lardner sheds light on the struggles and aspirations of the working-class athlete, inviting readers to reflect on themes of identity, success, and self-awareness. Recommended for those interested in sports literature, American realism, and the psychology of ambition.
Ring Around the Bases
Title | Ring Around the Bases PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Joseph Bruccoli |
Publisher | Univ of South Carolina Press |
Pages | 626 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781570035319 |
This collection of fiction by writer, critic and sports editor Ring Lardner celebrates the American pastime of baseball.