Twenty-five selections by the modern writer illustrate his ability to depict diverse aspects of turn-of-the-century American life with insight and wit

The Best Short Stories of Ring Lardner

Literature & Fiction

Ring Lardner

Short Stories & Anthologies

Charles Scribner`s Sons

Some Champions: Sketches and Fiction

Humor & Satire

Scribner Paper Fiction

A collection of plays, essays, and songs which adequately illustrate Mr. Lardner's humor and satire

The Ring Lardner Reader (Hudson River Editions)

History & Criticism

SCRIBNERS

Haircut and Other Stories

Ring Lardner first burst upon the literary scene with his greatest popular success, "You Know Me Al". A sportswriter by trade, Lardner had a superb ear for regional peculiarities in speech and was loved for his sense of humor. Funny, sarcastic, sometimes bitter but always ironic, Lardner understood Americans-- their desires, their dreams, and their disappointments. Contained in "Haircut and Other Stories" are some of Lardner's best-known pieces: "Haircut", "Alibi Ike", "The Love Nest", "Zone of Quiet", and "Champion". Through these pages pass con men; an opinionated small-town barber; a nurse who chatters on and on, much to the chagrin of her charges; baseball players who have excuses for everything; and boxers who try to make it in the fight game. Published in "The Saturday Evening Post", "Collier's" and "Vanity Fair", Lardner enjoyed great success and was heralded as a singular talent by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, H. L. Mencken, and Virginia Woolf. "Haircut and Other Stories" is a celebration of people and of America, and is a must for anyone interested in classic American fiction.

George S. Kaufman and his Collaborators

Edna, Ferber

John P. Marquand

George S. Kaufman

PAJ Publications

George F. Kaufman - writings from a genius!

George S. Kaufman and His Collaborators: Three Plays

Dramas & Plays

Olympic Marketing Corp

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

Ring Around the Bases: The Complete Baseball Stories of Ring Lardner

United States

University of South Carolina Press

From his humble beginnings as a journeyman reporter for the South Bend Times in Indiana, to the height of his popularity when his work was syndicated in more than 115 newspapers with a readership of more than eight million, Ring Lardner was the undisputed master of sports journalism and fiction. In his stories, readers found the authentic lives of their heroes and idols, their hopes and fears, and the vernacular of the diamond in all its bawdy and athletic glory. Here then for the baseball fan, in one comprehensive volume, are Lardner's finest writings about baseball during its golden age. Out of a column written for The Saturday Evening Post evolved his most famous work, You Know Me, Al, which introduced the world to the bush-league pitcher Jack Keefe. Lardner's skills as the finest American humorist since Mark Twain are on full display in the stories "My Roomy," "Horseshoes," "Alibi Ike," and "The Yellow Kid." Also included are his outstanding journalistic pieces about the Chicago Black Sox World Series scandal of 1919 that chronicle his struggle to come to grips with a national betrayal, the memory of which still scars the sport to this day. LARDNER ON BASEBALL is a full, diverse, and exciting collection of works from a legendary writer who transformed a simple game into the stuff of great literature.

Lardner on Baseball

Sports & Outdoors

Baseball

Lyons Pr

First great success of Ring Lardner was "You Know Me Al", a fictional series of letters from a popular baseball hero to his friend, slowly revealing the hero as a semiliterate, crude, conceited, self-deceiving boob. This work was created while Lardner was writing a sports column for The Chicago Tribune, first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post. It was later published in the book form in 1916. You Know Me Al shows Lardner as a satirical master: a fine and misanthropic storyteller with a excellent feel for the niceties of characters and speech.

You Know Me Al - Ring Lardner

Humor & Entertainment

Ring Lardner, Lardner

Humor

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