You Know me Al: A Busher's Letters - Hardcover

Lardner, Ring

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1298491215 ISBN 13: 9781298491213

Publisher: Andesite Press, 2015

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About this title

About the Author:

RING LARDNER is considered the greatest writer of all time on the sport of baseball. His works include "You Know Me, Al, Gullible's Travels, Treat 'Em Rough, The Real Dope, Own Your Own Home, The Big Town," and many others. He died in 1933, at the age of forty-eight.
JEFF SILVERMAN, a former columnist for the" Los Angeles Herald Examiner," has written for" The New York Times, "the" Los Angeles Times," and several national magazines. He is also editor of "The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told" (page 206), "Classic Baseball Stories" (page 14), "The Greatest Golf Stories Ever Told "(page 169), "Classic Golf Stories" (page 170), "Bernard" "Darwin on Golf" (page 21), and "The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told "(page 206). He lives with his family in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Mark Harris (1922-2007) is the author of a famous quartet of baseball novels-including "Bang the Drum Slowly"-as well as "Something about a Soldier," "Speed," and "The Talemaker," All are available as Bison Books.

From the Back Cover:

You know me Al is a classic of baseball- the game and the community. It's about competition, about the ability to reason, and most of all it's about being human.

About this edition

• Publisher: Andesite Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1298491215
• ISBN 13: 9781298491213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 262