"American literature 20th century." . . "Baseball stories." . . . . . . . "Humorous stories" . "Classic story of professional baseball, told in the form of letters, humorously illiterate, from a player to his pal." . "Classic story of professional baseball, told in the form of letters, humorously illiterate, from a player to his pal."@en . . . . . . . "You know me Al; a busher's letters"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Baseball stories" . "Baseball stories"@en . . "You Know Me Al by Ring Lardner"@en . . "Epistolary fiction" . "Epistolary fiction"@en . . . . . "You know me Al : a busher's letters"@en . "You know me Al : a busher's letters" . . . . . . "You know me al : A busher's letters" . . . . . . . . . . . . "You know me al" . . "You know me al"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ring Lardner's You know me Al the comic strip adventures of Jack Keefe"@en . "Humorous Fiction"@en . . "Humorous Fiction" . . "You know me all" . . . "Ring Lardner's You know me Al : the comic strip adventures of Jack Keefe" . . . "\"You Know me Al\" is a classic of baseball--the game and the community. Jack Keefe, one of literature's greatest characters, is talented, brash, and conceited. Self-assured and imperceptive, impervious to both advice and sarcasm, Keefe rises to the heights, but his inability to learn makes for his undoing. Through a series of letters from this bush-league pitcher to his not-quite-anonymous friend Al, Lardner maintains a balance between the funny and the moving, the pathetic and the glorious." . . . . . . "You know me Al" . "You know me Al"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "GENERAL & LITERARY FICTION. In his day, Ring Lardner was a legendary humorist (a job-description he disavowed), and You Know Me Al shows why everyone loved him so. In the letters of Jack Keefe, a bush-league pitcher who finally gets his chance in the majors, Lardner shows not only a faultless ear, but also a keen eye for the amusing details of human folly. Keefe is no comical bumbler--he has talent--but also possesses astonishing naivete, and a lack of self-awareness that is unerringly hilarious. The busher blames everyone but himself for his failures (a trait that Lardner uses to wonderful comic effect in the story \"Alibi Ike\"). Still, thanks to Keefe's mixture of hubris and puppy-dog trust, you want to see him come out all right." . "You know me Al : a Busher's letters"@en . . . . . . . "You know me Al a busher's letters"@en . "You know me Al a busher's letters" . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . . . . . "You know me Al : A Busher's letters" . . "Humorous fiction"@en . "Humorous fiction" . "Electronic books"@en . "Baseball Fiction." . . "Short stories 20th century." . . "Lardner, Ringgold Wilmer (American writer)" . . "Authors 20th century." . . . . "You know me Al (Lardner, Ring)" . . "Humorous stories" . . "Humorous stories." . "Epistolary fiction" . . "Epistolary fiction." . "Baseball players Fiction." . . "FICTION / Sports" . .