Ring Lardner (1885–1933)
Auteur de You know Me Al: A Busher's Letters
A propos de l'auteur
Ringgold Wilmer Lardner was born on March 6, 1885 in Niles, Mich. His unusual first name came from the Civil War Union admiral Cadwallader Ringgold, but he disliked his name and shortened it to Ring. Although he came to journalism somewhat by chance, taking a position that had originally been afficher plus offered to his brother, Lardner soon found his niche, writing first about sports, particularly baseball, and later a humor column. Lardner worked as a sportswriter for several papers, including the Chicago American, the Boston American, and The Chicago Tribune. Eventually he began to write short stories, and today he is best known for his stories about baseball, and in particular You Know Me Al, a series of letters from Jack Keefe, a fictional baseball star, to his hometown friend, Al. The letters first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post in 1914, and then were published in book form in 1916. Other short-story collections include Round Up, The Busher Returns, Gullible's Travels, and First and Last. Lardner also wrote one novel, The Big Town, and collaborated with George S. Kaufman on the play June Moon, which opened on Broadway in 1929 and was filmed a year later. Ring Lardner died in East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y. in 1933. Lardner's son, Ring Lardner, Jr., is also a writer whose credits include the screenplay for the movie M*A*S*H. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Ring Lardner, 1885-1933, was the father of Ring Lardner, Jr., 1915-2000. Please do not combine these authors.
Œuvres de Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner's You know me Al: The comic strip adventures of Jack Keefe (A Harvest book) (1979) 19 exemplaires
Ring Lardner's best stories,: Including, Haircut, Alibi Ike, The golden honeymoon, and all the other brilliant stories… (1938) 8 exemplaires
I Can't Breathe 3 exemplaires
Zone Or Quiet 2 exemplaires
The Indispensable Ring Lardner 2 exemplaires
A Day With Conrad Green 1 exemplaire
Collected Short Stories of Ring Lardner, The 1 exemplaire
Urban Cowboy 1 exemplaire
Rare -Ring Lardner ROUND UP Limited edition Deluxe Gold Leather Gerry Gersten Art Fine (1977) 1 exemplaire
Calatoriile lui Gullible 1 exemplaire
BIR DERT KI 1 exemplaire
Guantes de oro 1 exemplaire
Short Stories 1 exemplaire
Treat 'Em Rough 1 exemplaire
Lost In The Horse-Latitudes 1 exemplaire
Round Up, Notes From the Editors, From the Limited Edition Collection, the Collected Stories of the World's… (1981) 1 exemplaire
Old Folks' Christmas 1 exemplaire
Three Without, Doubled 1 exemplaire
Harmony 1 exemplaire
Hurry Kane 1 exemplaire
Horseshoes 1 exemplaire
There Are Smiles 1 exemplaire
Anniversary 1 exemplaire
Reunion 1 exemplaire
Travelogue 1 exemplaire
My Roomy 1 exemplaire
A Caddy's Diary 1 exemplaire
Mr. And Mrs. Fix-It 1 exemplaire
Abend Di Anni Nouveau 1 exemplaire
RIng Lardner; Stories and other Writing 1 exemplaire
Carmen 1 exemplaire
Mr. Frisbie 1 exemplaire
The Maysville Minstrel 1 exemplaire
Dinner bridge 1 exemplaire
Who Dealt? 1 exemplaire
Some Like Them Cold 1 exemplaire
Liberty Hall 1 exemplaire
Alibi Ike 1 exemplaire
_(7) OLDIES - You Know Me Al 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Contributeur — 246 exemplaires
The Baseball Reader: Favorites from the Fireside Book of Baseball (1980) — Contributeur — 103 exemplaires
The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table (2007) — Contributeur — 87 exemplaires
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 5: Community Responsibility (1969) — Contributeur — 30 exemplaires
The Best Short Stories of 1922 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (2017) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Modern Short Stories — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
The Best Short Stories of 1926 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1926) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Great Comedies Made Into Movies: Little Miss Marker, Brother Orchid, Alibi Ike, Bringing Up Baby (Quick Reader 143) — Auteur — 2 exemplaires
Rex Lardner Selects the Best of Sports Fiction — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Celebration: 60 Years of Good Reading from 60 Authors Chosen by the Literary Guild (1987) 2 exemplaires
Contemporary Short Stories: Representative Selections, Volume 1 (1953) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
14 American Masterpieces Vol.1 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1885-03-06
- Date de décès
- 1933-09-25
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Niles, Michigan, USA
- Lieu du décès
- East Hampton, New York, USA
- Études
- Armour Institute of Technology
- Professions
- sports columnist
short story writer - Relations
- Lardner, Ring, Jr. (son)
Lardner, Kate (granddaughter)
Lardner, George (grandson)
Lardner, John (son)
Lardner Jr., George (great-nephew) - Organisations
- Chicago Tribune
South Bend Times - Courte biographie
- Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner (March 5, 1885 – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short-story writer.
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Ring Lardner, 1885-1933, was the father of Ring Lardner, Jr., 1915-2000. Please do not combine these authors.
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$40. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition
FROM AMAZON: You Know Me, Al is a classic of baseball, the game and the community. Jack Keefe, one of literature's great characters, is talented, brash, and conceited. Self-assured and imperceptive, impervious to both advice and sarcasm, Keefe rises to the heights, but his inability to learn makes for his undoing. Through a series of letters from this bush-league pitcher to his not-quite-anonymous friend Al, Lardner maintains a balance between the funny and the moving, the pathetic and the glorious.
Nostalgic in its view of pre-World War I America, a time before the "live" ball, a time filled with names like Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, and Eddie Cicotte, this is not a simple period piece. It is about competition, about the ability to reason, and most of all it is about being human.… (plus d'informations)
Nostalgic in its view of pre-World War I America, a time before the "live" ball, a time filled with names like Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, and Eddie Cicotte, this is not a simple period piece. It is about competition, about the ability to reason, and most of all it is about being human.… (plus d'informations)
Like a Dana Carvey character in a recurring SNL sketch, Jack Keefe quickly wears out his welcome. The ignorance, the gullibility, the illiteracy, and the Berra-like malapropisms are entertaining for about the first chapter.
I had hopes that this would be a sort of What Did You Do During The War, Daddy? tale; instead it is just pointless buffoonery.
I had hopes that this would be a sort of What Did You Do During The War, Daddy? tale; instead it is just pointless buffoonery.
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- Œuvres
- 105
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- 77
- Membres
- 1,646
- Popularité
- #15,605
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 31
- ISBN
- 168
- Langues
- 8
- Favoris
- 4
I was ready to be done with him by the end, I hope he did make the trip overseas. and don't much care if he came back to baby Al.