Ring Around the Bases

Ring Around the Bases
Title Ring Around the Bases PDF eBook
Author Ring Lardner
Publisher Scribner
Pages 648
Release 1992
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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"More than any other writer in this century, Ring Lardner (1885-1933) was identified with baseball. He was the first writer to match the American language with the great American pastime. His years covering the Chicago White Sox and Cubs gave him the inside knowledge of the sport and how it reflected the American experience; starting in 1906 as a reporter, Lardner responded to baseball as a social phenomenon. His short stories remain the core of his career, and the basis of his enduring reputation." "Here are Ring Lardner's complete baseball stories, twelve of them collected in print for the first time. With his unerring eye for detail and his sense of the absurd, Lardner ranges over the entire game. His first published magazine series, "You know Me Al," recounts the travails of Jack Keefe, a minor-league player who remains a Busher even after he reaches the big leagues. Although he eventually wanted to "bench" the character, Lardner continued to write Keefe stories to satisfy the public's hunger. At the same time, though, he began to expand his work, introducing new characters, new concerns, new slants on the sport. He went on to probe not only the nature of the game, but also the lives of the men who played it. His famous portraits in "Alibi Ike" and "My Roomy" convey his profound understanding of baseball and the people associated with it." "Historically accurate, richly textured, Ring Around the Bases reveals the master at the height of his craft, and celebrates America at play. This collection, then, is the ultimate lineup in baseball fiction."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Ring Around the Bases

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

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This collection of fiction by writer, critic and sports editor Ring Lardner celebrates the American pastime of baseball.

Ring Around Max

Ring Around Max
Title Ring Around Max PDF eBook
Author Ring Lardner
Publisher
Pages 226
Release 1973
Genre Authors, American
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Ring Around the Bases

Ring Around the Bases
Title Ring Around the Bases PDF eBook
Author Matthew Joseph Bruccoli
Publisher
Pages 609
Release 1996
Genre Baseball stories, American
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The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner, 1914-1919

The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner, 1914-1919
Title The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner, 1914-1919 PDF eBook
Author Ring Lardner
Publisher Stanford University Press
Pages 654
Release 1995
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780804729635

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An annotated and copiously illustrated edition of the 24 short stories published between 1914 and 1919 by Ring Lardner, which include the stories collected later and known as "You know me, Al."

Short Story Index

Short Story Index
Title Short Story Index PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 1096
Release 1994
Genre Short stories
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The Writers' Game

The Writers' Game
Title The Writers' Game PDF eBook
Author Richard Orodenker
Publisher Hall Reference Books
Pages 280
Release 1996
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN

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Surveying the vast body of nonfiction writing devoted to baseball and exploring the recurrent themes and myths that typify it, the book gives special attention to the familiar essay, the in-depth personal profile, and the memoir or autobiography, while never skirting seminal works of baseball lore, whether early sports guide, dime novel, or oral history. The result is a dozen thematically arranged chapters that inspect the works of scores of writers - including Christy Mathewson, Stephen Crane, Donald Hall, Jim Bouton, Roger Angell, and Annie Dillard - and provide a thoroughly entertaining compendium of the history and culture of baseball.