| Description |
ix, 961 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Library of America ; 244
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Library of America ; 244.
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| Summary |
At the height of the Jazz Age, Ring Lardner was Americas most beloved humorist, equally admired by a popular audience and by literary friends like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edmund Wilson. A sports writer who became a sensation with his comic baseball bestseller, "You Know Me Al," Lardner had a rare gift for inspired nonsense and an ear attuned to the rhythms and hilarious oddities of American speech. He was also a sharp and dispassionate observer of the American scene. --amazon.com. |
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Here, in one volume for the first time, the full text of You Know Me Al, The Big Town, and the long out-of-print The Real Dope, and a generous sampling of humor pieces, sports reporting, song lyrics, surrealist playlets, and letters. |
| Contents |
You know me Al: a busher's letters -- from Gullible's travels, etc. -- The real dope -- The young immigrunts -- The big town -- from How to write short stories (with samples) -- from The love nest and other stories -- from Round up -- Uncollected stories -- Sketches and reporting -- Plays -- Song lyrics -- Letters -- Chronology. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories, American. |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories, American.
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| Added Author |
Frazier, Ian.
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| Added Title |
Ring Lardner : Stories & other writings |
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Stories and other writings |
| ISBN |
1598532537 |
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9781598532531 |
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