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  • The Big Town
    Ring W. Lardner / Ring WLardner
    Ring W. Lardner’s 1921 satirical collection The Big Town follows nouveau riche Midwestern couple Tom and Ella Finch from their hometown of South Bend, Indiana, to New York City. Their goal? To 'see life' and get Ella’s sister Katie a husband. Far from a simple revolt from the village, the Finches’ journey provides plenty of comic material for Lardner’s sharp, satiric critique o...
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    11,64 €

  • Lose with a Smile
    Ring W. Lardner / Ring WLardner
    This early work by Ring Lardner was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. ’Lose with a Smile’ is one of Lardner’s many works of fiction. Ring Lardner was born in Niles, Michigan in 1885. He studied engineering at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago, but did not complete his first semester. In 1907, Lardner obtained ...
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    32,71 €

  • Bib Ballads (1915)
    Ring W. Lardner / Ring WLardner
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    12,29 €

  • Own Your Own Home
    Ring W. Lardner / Ring WLardner
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    23,65 €

  • You Know Me Al
    Ring W. Lardner / Ring WLardner / W. Lardner Ring W. Lardner / WLardner Ring WLardner
    First great success of Ring Lardner was ''You Know Me Al'', a fictional series of lettersfrom a popular baseball hero to his friend, slowly revealing the hero as asemiliterate, crude, conceited, self-deceiving boob. This work was created whileLardner was writing a sports column for The Chicago Tribune, first appeared inThe Saturday Evening Post. It was later pu...
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    25,83 €

  • Treat ’Em Rough
    Ring W. Lardner / Ring WLardner
    Treat ’Em Rough: Letters from Jack the Kaiser Killer is a collection of fictional letters written by a soldier named Jack Keefe during World War I. The letters are written in a humorous and satirical style, and they offer a unique perspective on life in the trenches during the war. Jack Keefe is portrayed as a brash and confident soldier who takes pleasure in killing Germans, h...
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    28,14 €

  • You Know Me Al
    Ring W. Lardner / Ring WLardner
    You Know Me Al: A Busher’s Letters is a collection of fictional letters written by a baseball player named Jack Keefe, who is trying to make it big in the Major Leagues. Written by Ring W. Lardner, a well-known American journalist and humorist, the book is a satirical look at the life of a professional athlete in the early 20th century. Through Keefe’s letters, readers are give...
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    32,42 €

  • Some Champions
    Ring W. Lardner / Ring WLardner
    These 'sketches' comprise commentary that has appeared in various publications, including 'Good Housekeeping, The Saturday Evening Post, The New Yorker, Collier’s', and 'Trotter and Pacer', throughout Lardner’s illustrious career. ...
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    14,77 €

  • Haircut
    Ring W. Lardner / Ring WLardner
    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...
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    13,05 €