The Ring Lardner Page

( 1885-1933 )

"What did you hit last year? Carey ast him.
I had malaria most o' the season," says Ike."I wound up with .356."
"Where would I have to go to get malaria?" says Carey, but Ike didn't wise up.
Major Works
The Portable Ring Lardner ( Edited and with an introduction by Gilbert Seldes. Viking, 1946 ) and The Ring Lardner Reader ( Edited by Maxwell Geismar. Scribner's, 1963 ) are representative collections. Shut Up, He Explained: A Ring Lardner Selection was edited by Babette Rosmond and Henry Morgan. Scribner's, 1962. Some Champions: Sketches and Fiction by Ring Lardner was published by Scribner's in 1976. See also The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner, 1914-1919. Edited by George W. Hilton. Stanford, 1995. Notes and photographs. Ring Around the Bases: The Complete Baseball Stories of Ring Lardner is edited by Matthew Bruccoli and published by Scribner's, 1992.

You Know Me, Al ( 1916 ).
Gullible's Travels ( 1917 ).
Treat 'Em Rough ( 1918 ).
The Real Dope ( 1919 ).
Own Your Own Home ( 1919 ).
The Young Immigrunts ( 1920 ).
The Big Town ( 1921 ).
How to Write Short Stories (With Samples) ( 1924 ).
The Love Nest and Other Stories ( 1926 ).
The Story of a Wonder Man ( 1926 ).
Round Up ( 1929 ).
June Moon: A Comedy in a Prologue and Three Acts ( 1930 ). A Collaboration with George S. Kaufman.
Letters of Ring Lardner. Edited by Clifford M. Caruthers. Orchises, 1995.
About Lardner
Donald Elder, Ring Lardner: A Biography. Doubleday, 1956.
Elizabeth Evans, Ring Lardner. Ungar, 1979.
Ring Lardner, Jr., The Lardners: My Family Remembered. Harper, 1976.
Walton R. Patrick, Ring Lardner. Twayne, 1963.
Jonathan Yardley, Ring: A Biography of Ring Lardner. Random House, 1977.
Scott's Lardnermania. A Lardner Web page by Scott Topping, a true enthusiast. Go there for Lardner.

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