John Lardner (1912–1960)
Autor(a) de Southwest Passage: The Yanks in the Pacific
Obras de John Lardner
It beats working 4 cópias
White hopes and other tigers 4 cópias
Strong cigars and lovely women 1 exemplar(es)
The Crowning of Technocracy 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Contribuinte — 713 cópias
The Baseball Reader: Favorites from the Fireside Book of Baseball (1980) — Contribuinte — 103 cópias
The New Yorker Book of War Pieces: London, 1939 to Hiroshima, 1945 (1947) — Contribuinte — 98 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Lardner, John
- Data de nascimento
- 1912-05-04
- Data de falecimento
- 1960-03-24
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Ocupação
- sports writer
war correspondent (WWII) - Pequena biografia
- Books include - Southwest Passage: The Yanks in the Pacific, It Beats Working, Strong Cigars and Lovely Women, White Hopes and Other Tigers, and The World of John Lardner.
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Resenhas
Southwest Passage: The Yanks in the Pacific de John Lardner
John Lardner wrote this in 1942 as a means of educating Americans about what life and war in and around Australia was like for American servicemen. He does a pretty effective job of it, particularly when he focuses on individuals' stories. Most moving was the brief description of Bataan and Corregidor, including the eight Army nurses evacuated on his ship. I perked up at the description of Dorothea Daley in particular, later played by Claudette Colbert in So Proudly We Hail (I'm assuming her name was changed for that?).… (mais)
I bought the book for the illustrations, and then read it straight trough. Short stories of the boxing ring and the baseball diamond. Mostly making fun of odd characters in a way unthinkable in the PC world of today.
The Willard Mullin illustrations are many, they're great examples of dynamism in art, and they all suit the stories perfectly.
The Willard Mullin illustrations are many, they're great examples of dynamism in art, and they all suit the stories perfectly.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Also by
- 6
- Membros
- 21
- Popularidade
- #570,576
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 3
- Favorito
- 1