Lou Gehrig : a biography / William C. Kashatus.
Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played stood for decades until Cal Ripken Jr. broke it in 1995. Most people remember Gehrig for this record, or for the disease that claimed his life (and now bears his name). But what many forget is how prolific a hitter he was. The son of German immigrants, Gehrig rose from inauspicious beginnings to become a scholar-athlete at Columbia University, and then moved to Major League Baseball, where he knocked in almost 2,000 runs and helped his team win six world championships. William Kashatus recounts the perserverance and poise of a life which ended tragically, yet heroically. Written in cooperation with George Pollack, the lawyer for the Gehrig estate, this biography provides a valuable addition to the study of an enduring American sports legend.
Record details
- ISBN: 0313328668
- ISBN: 9780313328664
- Physical Description: xix, 148 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-142) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Chapter 1 Born and Bred in New York City, 1903-1920 1 -- Chapter 2 Columbia Days, 1921-1923 11 -- Chapter 3 Krichell's "Can't Miss" Kid, 1923-1925 21 -- Chapter 4 Yankee Dynasty, 1926-1928 35 -- Chapter 5 Buster and the Babe, 1929-1934 49 -- Chapter 6 Pride of the Yankees, 1935-1938 71 -- Chapter 7 Quiet Courage, 1939-1941 83 -- Chapter 8 Making of a Legend, 1941-2002 105 -- Epilogue: Honoring Lou's Legacy, 2003 125 -- Appendix Lou Gehrig's Career and World Series Statistics 132. |
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| Subject: | Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941. Baseball players > United States > Biography. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Eden Library | JB Gehrig (Text) | 31554009867770 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
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