Luckiest man : the life and death of Lou Gehrig
(2006, original release: 2005)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/GEHRIG,L

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Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Biography & Memoir BIOGRAPHY/GEHRIG,L Due: 5/10/2024

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2006
©2005
EDITION
First Simon & Schuster paperback edition
DESCRIPTION

x, 420 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780743268936, 0743268938 :, 0743268938, 9780743268936, 9780743268936
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

The survivor -- "Babe" Gehrig -- At Columbia -- The Behemoth of Bing -- Goodbye, Mr. Pipp -- Coming of age -- Sinner and saint -- Barnstorming days -- A charmed life -- The crash -- Iron horse -- Courtship -- Out of the shadows -- A night at the opera -- The next big thing -- Lord of the jungle -- Strange times -- The longest summer -- Like a match burning out -- Last chance -- Pitchers once feared his bat -- The bitter with the sweet -- Luckiest man -- The bureaucrat -- Out boy is pretty discouraged -- He was baseball

Chronicles the life of baseball legend Lou Gehrig, discussing his childhood in New York City, shyness, interactions with other members of the Yankee team, professional triumphs, personal relationships, and struggles to overcome a debilitating disease

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Adult