Ring Lardners first published fiction created a sensation, catapulting a regional sports journalist into the national literary spotlight. Presented as semi-literate letters written to a friend by a baseball player embarking on a professional career, Lardners short stories first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1914. Readers couldnt get enough of "busher" Jack Keefe, the unpolished, exasperating, charismatic narrator. Since being published in book form in 1916, You Know Me Al has retained its place on the list of essential readings in baseball literature. In a 2002 ranking of the one hundred greatest sports books ever, the editors of Sports Illustrated placed Lardners masterpiece at number five.
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You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
Ring Lardners first published fiction created a sensation, catapulting a regional sports journalist into the national literary spotlight. Presented as semi-literate letters written to a friend by a baseball player embarking on a professional career, Lardners short stories first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1914. Readers couldnt get enough of "busher" Jack Keefe, the unpolished, exasperating, charismatic narrator. Since being published in book form in 1916, You Know Me Al has retained its place on the list of essential readings in baseball literature. In a 2002 ranking of the one hundred greatest sports books ever, the editors of Sports Illustrated placed Lardners masterpiece at number five.
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ISBN-13: | 9781411431331 |
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Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
Publication date: | 09/01/2009 |
Series: | Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 160 |
File size: | 456 KB |
Age Range: | 3 Months to 18 Years |
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