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The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner

By: Ring Lardner

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The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner

By: Ring Lardner

Ring Lardner's influence on American letters is arguably greater than that of any other American writer in the early part of the twentieth century. Lauded by critics and the public for his groundbreaking short stories, Lardner was also the country's best-known journalist in the 1920s and early 1930s, when his voice was all but inescapable in American newspapers and magazines. Lardner's trenchant, observant, sly, and cynical writing style, along with a deep understanding of human foibles, made his articles wonderfully readable and his words resonate to this day. Ron Rapoport has gathered the best of Lardner's journalism from his earliest days at the South Bend Times through his years at the Chicago Tribune and his weekly column for the Bell Syndicate, which appeared in 150 newspapers and reached eight million readers. In these columns Lardner not only covered the great sporting events of the era--from Jack Dempsey's fights to the World Series and even an America's Cup--he also wrote about politics, war, and Prohibition, as well as parodies, poems, and penetrating observations on American life. The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner reintroduces this journalistic giant and his work and shows Lardner to be the rarest of writers: a spot-on chronicler of his time and place who remains contemporary to subsequent generations.

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718

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803299400

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9780803299405

The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner, 1914-1919

By: Ring Lardner,George W. Hilton

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The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner, 1914-1919

By: Ring Lardner,George W. Hilton

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.

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654

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Stanford University Press

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0804729638

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9780804729635

You Know Me Al

By: Ring Lardner

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You Know Me Al

By: Ring Lardner

Humorist and sportswriter Ring Lardner perfectly recaptures the early-20th-century vernacular of the baseball world in this enduring comic gem, a satirical series of fictional letters by a struggling pitcher.

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129

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Courier Dover Publications

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0486159019

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9780486159010

Selected Stories

By: Ring Lardner

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Selected Stories

By: Ring Lardner

This collection brings together twenty-one of Lardner’s 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 “Guillible’s Travels.” For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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404

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Penguin

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0141180188

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9780141180182

The Best Short Stories

25 Stories from America's Foremost Humorist

By: Ring Lardner

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The Best Short Stories

25 Stories from America's Foremost Humorist

By: Ring Lardner

A classic for many years, this is a collection of 25 stories by "America's foremost humorist of the 1920's and one of the country's best fiction writers" ( New York Daily News). A sportswriter by trade, Larnder had a superb ear for regional speech peculiarities and was dearly loved for his humor.

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Free Press

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0020223412

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9780020223412

You Know Me Al

By: Ring Lardner

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By: Ring Lardner

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0486159019

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Gullible's Travels, Etc

By: Ring Lardner

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Gullible's Travels, Etc

By: Ring Lardner

Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (1885-1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre. In 1916 he published his first successful book, You Know Me Al, which was written in the form of letters written by "Jack Keefe," a bush league baseball player, to a friend back home. He went on to write such well-known stories as Haircut, Some Like Them Cold, The Golden Honeymoon, Alibi Ike, and A Day in the Life of Conrad Green. He also continued to write follow-up stories to You Know Me Al, with the hero of that book, the headstrong but gullible Jack Keefe, experiencing various ups and downs in his major league career and in his personal life. Private Keefe's World War I letters home to his friend Al were collected in Treat 'Em Rough. Lardner also had a lifelong fascination with the theatre, though his only success was June Moon, a comedy co-written with Broadway veteran George S. Kaufman.

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1409978672

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9781409978671

Treat 'Em Rough

Letters from Jack the Kaiser Killer

By: Ring Lardner

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Treat 'Em Rough

Letters from Jack the Kaiser Killer

By: Ring Lardner

Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (1885-1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre. Born in Niles, Michigan, from adolescence Lardner's ambition was to become a sports reporter, an ambition he fulfilled in 1907 by getting a position on the Chicago Inter-Ocean. He was editor of The Sporting News in St. Louis in 1910 and 1911. In 1916 Lardner published his first successful book, You Know Me Al (1916). Like most of Lardner's stories, You Know Me Al employed satire to show the stupidity and cupidity of a certain type of athlete. Lardner went on to write such well-known stories as Haircut (1954), Some Like Them Cold, The Golden Honeymoon, Alibi Ike, and A Day in the Life of Conrad Green. Lardner also had a lifelong fascination with the theatre, though his only success was June Moon (1929), a comedy co-written with Broadway veteran George S. Kaufman.

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140653563X

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9781406535631

The Story of a Wonder Man - Being the Autobiography of Ring Lardner - Illustrated by Margaret Freeman

By: Ring Lardner

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The Story of a Wonder Man - Being the Autobiography of Ring Lardner - Illustrated by Margaret Freeman

By: Ring Lardner

An official unofficial autobiography of one of the greatest short stories writers in American literary history.

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Pratt Press

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1447479866

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9781447479864

Book's by Ring 1885-1933 Lardner

The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner

The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner

The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner, 1914-1919

The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner, 1914-1919

You Know Me Al

You Know Me Al

Selected Stories

Selected Stories

The Best Short Stories

The Best Short Stories

You Know Me Al

You Know Me Al

Gullible's Travels, Etc

Gullible's Travels, Etc

Treat 'Em Rough

Treat 'Em Rough

The Story of a Wonder Man - Being the Autobiography of Ring Lardner - Illustrated by Margaret Freeman

The Story of a Wonder Man - Being the Autobiography of Ring Lardner - Illustrated by Margaret Freeman

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