Read more
Informationen zum Autor John Lardner (1913-60), the son of legendary humorist Ring Lardner, was a columnist for Newsweek; a frequent and much-honored contributor to the New Yorker, True, and Sport; and the author of It Beats Working, Strong Cigars and Lovely Women, and White Hopes and Other Tigers. John Schulian's work has been included in Best American Sports Writing and Sports Illustrated's Fifty Years of Great Writing. His Twilight of the Long-ball Gods: Dispatches from the Disappearing Heart of Baseball is available in a Bison Books edition. Dan Jenkins is the author of Jenkins at the Majors: 60 Years of the World's Best Golf Writing, from Hogan to Tiger. Klappentext John Lardner (1913¿60)! the son of legendary humorist Ring Lardner! was a columnist for Newsweek; a frequent and much-honored contributor to the New Yorker! True! and Sport; and the author of It Beats Working! Strong Cigars and Lovely Women! and White Hopes and Other Tigers. John Schulian¿s work has been included in Best American Sports Writing and Sports Illustrated¿s Fifty Years of Great Writing. His Twilight of the Long-ball Gods: Dispatches from the Disappearing Heart of Baseball is available in a Bison Books edition. Dan Jenkins is the author of Jenkins at the Majors: 60 Years of the World¿s Best Golf Writing! from Hogan to Tiger. Zusammenfassung This collection marks the return to print of John Lardner! one of America's press box giants! a classic stylist whose wry humor and tireless reporting helped elevate sportswriting to art. The brilliant W.C. Heinz called Lardner ""the best of us."" This book shows why. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Dan JenkinsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction by John SchulianPart 1. In a Class by ThemselvesDown Great Purple Valleys"The Haig": Rowdy Rebel of the FairwaysPart 2. Bats and BrawlsBabe HermanGood-by to All ThatMemoirs of Old SatchMost Blood for Your MoneyThe Home of the Bean and the KidThe World's Richest Problem ChildHard-way Bill on the MississippiThey Walked by NightBaseball EyePassing of an Unlicensed HeroThe All-American RookieBall Fans and Other PrimatesMemoirs of a Mild FanaticRazor Blades AmokThe Space RevolutionPart 3. Cauliflower AlleyMorgan on JawsBag Hits BaerThe Boy BanditUpsy DownsyDeath of a Simian and a ScholarThe Case of the Chilly GiantMr. PercentageLife with EddieThe Sweet and the ToughJohn Arthur JohnsonFun at the ScalesNow Pitching for Bartlett'sWhen in Doubt, Hang the JudgeNo Scar, No MemoryPart 4. Cautionary TalesThe Life and Loves of the Real McCoyMysterious MontagueBattling SikiPart 5. Other PrecinctsThe Roller DerbySleeper for 44The Old Postgraduate TryRooney's RideAn Angel on HorsebackLittle BillStrong Cigars and Lovely WomenWhat Was That Again?Mr. Jacoby and the National FollyThe Best of the BrowsersMaybe in MemoriamThe Life of T-ts Sh-rWhat Price Olympic Peace?Part 6. Two for the MoneyTitanic ThompsonThe Sack of Shelby...
