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Lou Gehrig A Biography
William C. Kashatus
Book Code: GR2866
ISBN: 0-313-32866-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32866-4
176 pages, photos; tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 8/30/2004
List Price: $31.95 (UK Sterling Price: £18.95)
Discount Price: $22.37 Greenwood Press Fall 2008 Backlist Sale. Use code 0826. Save 30%. Ends 12/31/2008.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [A] top pick for high school to college-level collections.
    —MBR Internet Bookwatch/The Bookwatch     May 2005
  • Endorsement From Ray Robinson
    Author, Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time:     William Kashatus has made a valuable contribution to the literature about Lou Gehrig's near-mythic life and death.
  • Endorsement From Dave Kindred
    Columnist, The Sporting News:     With the skill and work that made him a Hall of Fame baseball player, Lou Gehrig achieved more than temporary fame. He built a legacy of excellence and humility that is the ultimate example of the beauty inherent in sports. That example is immortal. With this book, William Kashatus does Gehrig and his legacy honor.
  • Endorsement From George Pollack
    Executor, Gehrig Estate:     Lou Gehrig played his last complete season in 1938, while unknowingly suffering from his dread disease. Although that was sixty-five years ago, the Gehrig legend has continued to grow with new generations who never saw him play. Fortunately, William Kashatus' masterful research and writing has given birth to the ultimate Gehrig baseball story and views for the first time the tragic, lonely, and dedicated life of Eleanor Gehrig, who devoted her life and her estate to research for a cure of ALS. This outstanding book traces the growth of this wonderful legend.
Description: 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. The final chapters analyze the creation of the player's legend through literature and film and also update the reader on the on-going fight against ALS.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
  • Chronology of Lou Gehrig's Life and Career
  • Introduction
  • Born and Bred in New York City, 1903-1920
  • Columbia Days, 1921-1923
  • Krichell's "Can't Miss" Kid, 1923-1925
  • Yankee Dynasty, 1926-1928
  • Buster and the Babe, 1929-1934
  • Pride of the Yankees, 1935-1938
  • Quiet Courage, 1939-1941
  • Making of a Legend, 1941-2002
  • Honoring Lou's Legacy, 2003
  • Appendix: Lou Gehrig's Career and World Series Statistics
  • A Note About Lou Gehrig's Disease
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2004040448
LCC Class: GV865
Dewey Class: 796
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