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Some Champions: Sketches and Fiction from a Humorist's Career
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Some Champions: Sketches and Fiction from a Humorist's Career Paperback - 1993

by Ring Lardner

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These "sketches" are commentary that appeared in various publications--Good Housekeeping, The Saturday Evening Post, The New Yorker, Collier's, and Trotter and Pacer--throughout Lardner's illustrious career. This collection includes Lardner's "What I Ought to Have Learnt in School".

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Sharing stories and sketches by beloved sports columnist Ring Lardner, this book is guaranteed to bring a laugh to readers as they follow Ring through the adventures of everyday life.

In a collection of untold stories and sketches, Ring Lardner showcases his wit and wry sense of irony in every piece. A sportswriter by trade, Lardner was widely known for his superb ear for the regional peculiarities of speech and notoriously loved for his humor.

A must for anyone interested in classic American fiction, Some Champions shares many of Lardner's classic tales focused on the quirks and pathos of human beings, including their daily turmoils and small triumphs.

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  • Title Some Champions: Sketches and Fiction from a Humorist's Career
  • Author Ring Lardner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 228
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Books, New York
  • Publication date 1993-06-19
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780020223436 / 0020223439
  • Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.27 x 5.53 x 0.5 in (21.01 x 14.05 x 1.27 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Humorous stories, American, Lardner, Ring
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 92033699
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Ring Lardner was a sports columnist and acclaimed short-story writer. He worked for several newspapers throughout his career. His stories were notoriously filled with satire, grammatical errors, and everyday events.

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