The early 20th century comedic journalist writes about the War to End all Wars. Ring Lardner's wry skills were not confined to writing about baseball. In 1918 he headed to France on assignment for Colliers to cast a Lardneresque eye on the Great War. At the same time he created a new wartime series of letters from the pen of his most famous fictional character, Jack O'Keefe, who traded in his baseball flannels for military drab. This title puts together two of his works from this era - "My Four Weeks in France" and "Treat 'Em Rough: Letters from Jack the Kaiser Killer" - to introduce the wit, wisdom and whimsy of Ring Lardner to a new generation of readers.
- ISBN10 1592281109
- ISBN13 9781592281107
- Publish Date 1 September 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 August 2014
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
- Imprint The Lyons Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 332
- Language English