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Lardner was a baseball beat reporter in the earliest days of the game, and he was also. Ring lardner 18851933 humorous stories of social climbing in americas classless society. As a columnist with the famous chicago tribune, he achieved considerable success, mainly among baseball fans who liked his quips and his satirical and funny commentaries. Ring lardner was a chicago sportswriter who covered the white sox, and he brought an insiders knowledge of clubhouse life together with his biting wit and gift for the vernacular to create a comic gem in you know me al. This acclaimed book by ring lardner is available at in several formats for your ereader. Pdf you know me al by ring lardner download pdf free ebook. Treat em rough ring lardner, american sports columnist and short story writer 18851933 this ebook presents t. Download you know me al dover thrift editions by lardner, ring 1995 paperback and read you know me al dover thrift editions by lardner, ring 1995 paperback online books in format pdf.
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The journalist andrew ferguson wrote that ring lardner thought of himself as primarily a sports columnist whose stuff wasnt destined to last, and he held to that absurd belief even after his first masterpiece, you know me al, was published in 1916 and earned the awed appreciation of virginia woolf, among other very serious, unfunny people. Download pdf ring lardner stories other writings book full free. You know me al is generally recognized as lardners best attempt at long fiction. I have read and enjoyed other titles by ring lardner and found this one disappointing. Since being published in book form in 1916, you know me al has retained its place on the list of essential readings in baseball literature. Journalist and short story writer ring lardner 18851933 was primarily associated with the chicago tribune, the home newspaper for his syndicated column.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Big, fat, dumb, lazy, vain, headstrong and cheap, jack keefe is a journeyman pitcher with the chicago white sox in the rowdy days of the deadball era, circa 1915, ruled by the likes of ty cobb and john mcgraw. Mp3 audio books will not play on regular cd players. Download and read online for free my roomy by lardner, ring. Ring lardner has been one of americas most popular short story writers for nearly a century and here is his guide for any budding writers. Lardner used the device of letters from a wouldbe bigleague pitcher, jack keefe, to his hometown indiana. You know me al is a classic of baseballthe game and the communit. I didnt know anybody was looking me over, but one of the boys told me that jack doyle the white sox scout was down here looking at me when grand rapids was. You know me al by ring lardner free at loyal books.
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In this library of america edition, editor ian frazier surveys the whole sweep of lardners talents, offering contemporary readers his finest stories, the full texts of you know me al, the big town, and the long outofprint the real dope, and a generous sampling of his humor pieces, sports reporting, song lyrics, and surrealist playlets. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read you know me al. Download pdf so you think you know me free online new. For more than seventy years, penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the englishspeaking world. Set in preworld war i, the book is comprised of letters that keefe sends to his old pal al. One of the classic baseball stories, you know me al, first published in 1914, tells the. Ring lardners masterpiece, you know me al is the story of a semiliterate, boastful, self. This collection brings together twentyone of lardners best pieces, including the six jack keefe stories that comprise you know me, al, as well as such familiar favorites as alibi ike, some like them cold, and guillibles travels.
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