Lardner, Ring, 1915-2000

Ring Lardner's best stories : including, Haircut, Alibi Ike, the golden honeymoon, and all the other brilliant stories originally collected in Round-up - together with his inimitable novel of a not-so-dumb mid-westerner in the wilds of New York, entitled, the big town / by Ring Lardner; with a foreword by William McFee. - De luxe ed - Garden City, N.Y. : Garden City Publ. Co., Inc., ©1938. - xii, 563 p. ; 22 cm.

With hardcover

Cont.: Foreword -- The Maysville minstrel -- I can't breathe -- Haircut -- Alibi Ike -- Liberty Hall -- Zone of quiet -- Mr. Frisbie -- Hurry Kane -- Champion -- Contract -- Dinner -- Women -- A day with Conrad Green -- Old folks' Christmas -- Harmony -- The love nest -- Ex parte -- The golden honeymoon -- Now and then -- Horseshoes -- There are smiles -- Anniversary -- Reunion -- Travelogue -- Who dealt? -- My roomy -- Rhythm -- Some like them cold -- Nora -- Man not overboard -- A caddy's diary -- Mr. and Mrs. Fix-it -- A frame-up -- Sun cured -- The facts -- The big town.


American fiction