The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner, 1914-1919

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Ring W. Lardner

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It is not surprising that baseball should have inspired a literary masterpiece: the baseball stories of Ring W. Lardner. This is an annotated and copiously illustrated edition of twenty-four short stories published between 1914 and 1919, including the six stories later collected as You Know Me Al. Two-thirds of the stories describe real teams, real players, and real events - which Lardner covered as a reporter. The extensive annotation establishes the stories' relationship to the real world of early baseball. In the process, it illuminates the early culture of the major leagues, as well as the methods and sources of Lardner's baseball fiction. It also identifies each actual person appearing in the stories, along with ball parks, theatres, individual games, slang, nicknames, and a host of other things. The book's one hundred and eleven illustrations are mostly photographs of players, teams, ball parks, and other baseball memorabilia.

Author Biography:

George W. Hilton is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has been a baseball fan since 1936 when his father took him to his first game at Comiskey Park.

Release date Australia

May 1st, 1997

Author

Ring W. Lardner

Contributor

Edited by George W. Hilton

Pages

648

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

350x200x39

ISBN-13

9780804729635

Product ID

24995527

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