They hadnt never saw no speed like mine and they was scared to death the minute i cut loose. The title is a joke, in that this is not al speaking, but the narrator and protagonist jack keefe writing to his friend al. You could of knocked me over with a feather when the old man come up to me and says jack ive sold you to the chicago americans. Librivox free audiobook babas recipe arjen sankarit campaign mode celebracion las vegas spanish service of celebration las vegas cant get rich 40six podcast with jordan a. Immediately download the you know me al summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching you know me al.
He says all you need is the nerve and walsh or no one else wont have nothing on you. Journalist and short story writer ring lardner 18851933 was primarily associated with the chicago tribune, the home newspaper for his syndicated column. You know me al, ring lardner, 1914, 1916, short novel, complete html you know me al ring lardner. You know me al is a glimpse of baseballs distant past, like taking a rattling train back to the days of the prewwi game. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Believe me al it comes as a surprise to me and i bet it did to all you good old pals down home. No doubt they will both mature and work things out, but lardner never gives in to.
Well old pal i dont suppose you can find much news of this league in the papers at home so you may not know that i have been standing this league on their heads. Set in preworld war i, the book is comprised of letters that keefe sends to his old pal al. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Project gutenberg offers 61,099 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Start your 48hour free trial to unlock this you know me al study guide and get instant access to the following. Pdf you know me al by ring lardner download pdf free ebook. Well, al old pal i suppose you seen in the paper where i been sold to the white sox. The journalist andrew ferguson wrote that ring lardner thought of himself as primarily a sports columnist whose stuff wasnt destined to last, and he held to that absurd belief even after his first masterpiece, you know me al, was published in 1916 and earned the awed appreciation of virginia woolf, among other very serious, unfunny people. You know me al is a book by ring lardner, and subsequently a nationally syndicated comic strip scripted by lardner and drawn by will b. A doctor with the haight ashbury free clinic walks by a supportive sign in san francisco. Well al you know they is not nobody that can drink more than your old pal and i was all o. You know me al reveals lardner as a satirical master at the peak of his form. The publication was an astounding success and raised lardner to important fame. You know me al by ring lardner free at loyal books.
Ring lardner books download free books online 8freebooks. Big, fat, dumb, lazy, vain, headstrong and cheap, jack keefe is a journeyman pitcher with the chicago white sox in the rowdy days of the deadball era, circa 1915, ruled by the likes of ty cobb and john mcgraw. You know me al ring lardner isbn 9781438557564 pdf epub. He says to see you work a man might think they had a rule in the central league forbidding a pitcher from leaving the box or looking toward first base. The book consists of stories that were written as letters from a professional baseball player, jack keefe, to his friend al blanchard in their hometown of bedford, indiana. Download most popluar pdf books now epistolary novel. He says no of course you dont need it but if i was you i would get one of the boys to learn it to me. Epistolary novel books download free books online 8freebooks. Ring lardner is known chiefly as a shortstory writer, but in his own time was better known as a sportswriter, columnist, and humorist.
One of the classic baseball stories, you know me al, read more. Download you know me al dover thrift editions by lardner, ring 1995 paperback and read you know me al dover thrift editions by lardner, ring 1995 paperback online books in format pdf. He says do you want to sign up for next year all ready. Ring lardner is from the same small town that i am from, albeit we were there in different. Epistolary novel download free books online 8freebooks. Ring lardner was a chicago sportswriter who covered the white sox, and he brought an insiders knowledge of clubhouse life together with his biting wit and gift for the vernacular to create a. One of the classic baseball stories, you know me al, first published in 1914, tells the story. In a 2002 ranking of the one hundred greatest sports books ever, the editors of sports illustrated placed lardner s masterpiece at number five. He says and you better watch the way the boys fields their positions and holds up the runners. You know me al is a classic of baseballthe game and the communit. Through the letters, the selfcentered keefe reveals his regular struggles to. I have read and enjoyed other titles by ring lardner and found this one disappointing.
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. In 1916 lardner collected some of his works in a book that he entitled you know me al. I wrote a foreword to an edition of you know me al published six years ago by skyhorse link below. Jack keefe is an innocent, but he is no wideeyed candide. Ring lardner was a chicago sportswriter who covered the white sox, and he brought. A brilliant satire, you know me al is a detailed portrait of the early days of baseball and america at the beginning of the 20th. In you know me al, we follow jack keefes life onfield and off, via the letters jack writes. This work was reproduced from the original artifact. 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. Download you know me al pdf by ring lardner from you know me al pdf. You know me al, ring lardner, 1914, 1916, short novel, complete html. You know me, al by ring lardner free ebook manybooks.
You know me al dover thrift editions ring lardner on. Books by lardner, ring sorted by popularity project gutenberg books by lardner, ring sorted by popularity. In you know me al, we follow jack keefes life onfield and off, via the letters jack writes to his old chum al in his home town of bedford, indiana. As a columnist with the famous chicago tribune, he achieved considerable success, mainly among baseball fans who liked his quips and his satirical and funny commentaries. Where you know me al really succeeds is with that duality. Librivox recording of you know me al, by ring lardner. I came across him in a book of short stories and since his novel is free and in the. He also wrote two novellength works, you know me al 1915.
To ask other readers questions about you know me al, please sign up. I pitched against oakland up home and shut them out with two hits. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages. We was playin rummy over to hatchs, and hatch must of fell in a bed of four leaf clovers on his way home the night before, because he plays rummy like he does everything else. Ring lardner s you know me al the 1916 book traces the misadventures of a struggling pitcher through the letters he writes home to his friend al. Ring lardner s masterpiece, you know me al is the story of a semiliterate, boastful, selfdeceiving boob and rookie ballplayer with the chicago white sox told through a series of letters home to his friend al.
Lardner covered a sports beat for several years, which provided the inspiration for you know me al and other humorous baseball stories. You know me al ebook by ring lardner 9781780007618. Lardner was a baseball beat reporter in the earliest days of the game, and he. In the early decades of the twentieth century, newspaperman and humorist ring lardner 18851933 made america laugh with his hilarious depictions of. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. No doubt they will both mature and work things out, but lardner never gives in to sentimentality in. This work is in the public domain in the united states because it was published before january 1, 1925. One of the classic baseball stories, you know me al, first published in 1914, tells the story of the fictional jack keefe, a bush league baseball player who earns a trip to the majors to pitch for the chicago white sox.