Author: Constance C. Greene Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1504004426 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 112
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Unwilling to wait for a boy to write to her, Al takes the reins Al has two big problems in her life, and both have to do with her mailbox—or more specifically, her empty mailbox. A few months ago, her father’s new wife promised that Al could spend the summer with them, but Al still hasn’t received a written invitation. Even worse, the cute boy she met at her father’s wedding said he would write, but Al hasn’t even gotten a short note from him. What’s a girl to do when she’s waiting to hear from a boy? For a girl like Al, it’s easy: She’ll write to him! But writing a letter to a boy turns out to be harder than she thought. She can’t let him know that she likes him, so signing the letter Your old pal, Al should do the trick, right? Now if she could only work up the courage to send the letter . . .
Author: Ring Lardner Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 144
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Experience the humorous and satirical world of baseball with "You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters" by Ring Lardner. Through a series of letters, Lardner offers a unique perspective on the life of a baseball player in the 1910s. The novel brilliantly captures the essence of the era, blending humor, sports, and culture, making it a delightful read for both sports fans and literary enthusiasts.
Author: Ring Lardner Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9780804729635 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 654
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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."
Author: Ring Lardner Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780141180182 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 404
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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.
Author: Ring Lardner Publisher: Courier Dover Publications ISBN: 0486159019 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 129
Book Description
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.
Author: Ring Lardner Publisher: Library of America ISBN: 1598532820 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1274
Book Description
At the height of the Jazz Age, Ring Lardner was America’s 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. His best stories—among them such masterpieces as “Haircut,” “The Golden Honeymoon,” “A Caddy’s Diary,” and “The Love Nest”—cast a devastating eye on the hypocrisies, prejudices, and petty scheming of everyday life. In this Library of America edition, editor Ian Frazier surveys the whole sweep of Lardner’s talents, offering contemporary readers his finest stories, the full texts of You Know Me Al, The Big Town, and the long out-of-print The Real Dope, and a generous sampling of his humor pieces, sports reporting, song lyrics, and surrealist playlets. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Author: Ring Lardner Publisher: Tacet Books ISBN: 3967990958 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 302
Book Description
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Ring Lardnerwhich are The Real Dope and You Know Me Al.Ring Lardner was one of the most gifted, as well as the most bitter, satirists in the United States and a fine storyteller with a true ear for the vernacular. Novels selected for this book: - The Real Dope - You Know Me Al This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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