{"product_id":"the-john-lardner-reader-a-press-box-legends-classic-sportswriting-9780803230477","title":"The John Lardner Reader: A Press Box Legend's Classic Sportswriting","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection marks the return to print of John Lardner, one of America's press box giants, a classic stylist whose wry humor and tireless reporting helped elevate sportswriting to art. The brilliant W. C. Heinz called Lardner \"the best of us.\" This book shows why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLardner applied his singular touch not only to his era's icons--Joe Louis, Ted Williams, Satchel Paige--but to the scamps, eccentrics, hustlers, and con men in the shadow of sports. Whether in snappy columns or leisurely magazine pieces, Lardner held sport of every description up to the light, forever changing the way people wrote, read, and thought about their heroes, from superstars to scrappers. These forty-nine pieces represent sportswriting at the top of its game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Lardner (1913-60), the son of legendary humorist Ring Lardner, was a columnist for \u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e; a frequent and much-honored contributor to the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTrue\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSport\u003c\/em\u003e; and the author of \u003cem\u003eIt Beats Working, Strong Cigars and Lovely Women\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWhite Hopes and Other Tigers\u003c\/em\u003e. John Schulian's work has been included in \u003cem\u003eBest American Sports Writing\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSports Illustrated's Fifty Years of Great Writing\u003c\/em\u003e. His \u003cem\u003eTwilight of the Long-ball Gods: Dispatches from the Disappearing Heart of Baseball\u003c\/em\u003e is available in a Bison Books edition. Dan Jenkins is the author of \u003cem\u003eJenkins at the Majors: 60 Years of the World's Best Golf Writing, from Hogan to Tiger\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803230477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.58w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Lardner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41371151859893,"sku":"9780803230477","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5c11467d-e629-4710-b2ff-a0b99b739060.jpg?v=1637638819","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-john-lardner-reader-a-press-box-legends-classic-sportswriting-9780803230477","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}