" Its protagonist fears sailing across the Pacific Ocean because he worries that the only chance he has to eat if his boat sinks is to wash up on the Sandwich Islands.
Virginia Woolf's essay "American Fiction" calls this book "the best prose that has come our way." Its protagonist fears sailing across the Pacific Ocean because he worries that the only chance he has to eat if his boat sinks is to wash up on the Sandwich Islands. However, the protagonist is finally persuaded to take that trip when two men read him a fake letter from Woodrow Wilson warning him that his refusal will spark war between the United States and Japan. After learning that his former girlfriend Hazel has married Kid Levy, the protagonist marries Allen's sister Florrie. Its sequels include The Real Dope and Treat 'em Rough, and this book's six sections include "The Busher's Kid" and "The Busher Comes Back." Kid Gleason often punches this book's main character, who loses a game by intentionally hitting Joe Hill in the head with the bases loaded, and is consistently duped into signing cheap contracts by Charles Comiskey. Consisting of letters written to the title character by fictional White Sox pitcher ? Jack Keefe, for 10 points, name this comedic masterpiece by Ring Lardner.
Virginia Woolf's essay "American Fiction" calls this book "the best prose that has come our way.
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