You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters - Couverture souple

Lardner, Ring

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 159462657X ISBN 13 : 9781594626579

Editeur : Book Jungle, 2007

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How is this book unique?

1. Font adjustments & biography included
2. Unabridged (100% Original content)
3. Illustrated

About You Know Me Al by Ring Lardner

In the early decades of the twentieth century, newspaperman and humorist Ring Lardner (1885–1933) made America laugh with his hilarious depictions of odd characters in the sporting world, Tin Pan Alley, and Hollywood. His first great success was You Know Me Al, a fictional series of letters from a popular baseball hero to his friend, slyly revealing the letter writer as a crude, conceited, semiliterate, self-deceiving boob. The letters, created while Lardner was writing a sports column for The Chicago Tribune, first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and were later published in book form in 1918. You Know Me Al reveals Lardner as a satirical master at the peak of his form: a fine albeit misanthropic storyteller with a superb feel for the niceties of characters and speech and a sure instinct for provoking laughter.

Biographie de l'auteur

RING LARDNER is considered the greatest writer of all time on the sport of baseball. His works include "You Know Me, Al, Gullible's Travels, Treat 'Em Rough, The Real Dope, Own Your Own Home, The Big Town," and many others. He died in 1933, at the age of forty-eight.
JEFF SILVERMAN, a former columnist for the" Los Angeles Herald Examiner," has written for" The New York Times, "the" Los Angeles Times," and several national magazines. He is also editor of "The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told" (page 206), "Classic Baseball Stories" (page 14), "The Greatest Golf Stories Ever Told "(page 169), "Classic Golf Stories" (page 170), "Bernard" "Darwin on Golf" (page 21), and "The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told "(page 206). He lives with his family in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Jungle
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 159462657X
• ISBN 13: 9781594626579
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 246
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible