Title:
Luckiest man : the life and death of Lou Gehrig / Jonathan Eig.
ISBN:
9780743245913
9780743268936
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Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, [2005]
©2005
Physical Description:
viii, 420 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
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 -- Our boy is pretty discouraged -- He was baseball.
Summary:
Recounts the life of the Hall of Fame ballplayer whose career was cut short by the disease now commonly called after him, in a portrait that shares details about his rivalry with Babe Ruth, the onset of his illness, and the final years of his life.
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OCLC Number:
ocm56685155
Availability:
Lakeville - Heritage~1
Eagan - Wescott~1
