Author: Kevin Viola
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 1467704008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A quiet, hardworking man, Lou Gehrig is one of the most underrated baseball players of all time. Although he repeatedly outscored, outhit, and outplayed his teammates Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio, his shy nature often kept him in their shadow. Follow Lou’s outstanding career from the playgrounds of New York City to the fields of Yankee stadium. Don’t miss this incredible story of one of history’s greatest baseball players!
Lou Gehrig, 2nd Edition
Author: Kevin Viola
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 1467704008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A quiet, hardworking man, Lou Gehrig is one of the most underrated baseball players of all time. Although he repeatedly outscored, outhit, and outplayed his teammates Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio, his shy nature often kept him in their shadow. Follow Lou’s outstanding career from the playgrounds of New York City to the fields of Yankee stadium. Don’t miss this incredible story of one of history’s greatest baseball players!
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 1467704008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A quiet, hardworking man, Lou Gehrig is one of the most underrated baseball players of all time. Although he repeatedly outscored, outhit, and outplayed his teammates Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio, his shy nature often kept him in their shadow. Follow Lou’s outstanding career from the playgrounds of New York City to the fields of Yankee stadium. Don’t miss this incredible story of one of history’s greatest baseball players!
Lou Gehrig
Author: Alan D. Gaff
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982132418
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The lost memoir from Lou Gehrig—“a compelling rumination by a baseball icon and a tragic hero” (Sports Illustrated) and “a fitting tribute to an inspiring baseball legend” (Publishers Weekly). At the tender age of twenty-four, Lou Gehrig decided to tell the remarkable story of his life and career. He was one of the most famous athletes in the country, in the midst of a record-breaking season with the legendary 1927 World Series–winning Yankees. In an effort to grow Lou’s star, pioneering sports agent Christy Walsh arranged for Lou’s tale of baseball greatness to syndicate in newspapers across the country. Those columns were largely forgotten and lost to history—until now. Lou comes alive in this “must-read” (Tyler Kepner, The New York Times) memoir. It is an inspiring, heartfelt rags-to-riches tale about a poor kid from New York who became one of the most revered baseball players of all time. Fourteen years after his account, Lou would tragically die from ALS, a neuromuscular disorder now known as Lou Gherig’s Disease. His poignant autobiography is followed by an insightful biographical essay by historian Alan D. Gaff. Here is Lou—Hall of Famer, All Star, MVP, an “athlete who epitomized the American dream” (Christian Science Monitor)—back at bat.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982132418
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The lost memoir from Lou Gehrig—“a compelling rumination by a baseball icon and a tragic hero” (Sports Illustrated) and “a fitting tribute to an inspiring baseball legend” (Publishers Weekly). At the tender age of twenty-four, Lou Gehrig decided to tell the remarkable story of his life and career. He was one of the most famous athletes in the country, in the midst of a record-breaking season with the legendary 1927 World Series–winning Yankees. In an effort to grow Lou’s star, pioneering sports agent Christy Walsh arranged for Lou’s tale of baseball greatness to syndicate in newspapers across the country. Those columns were largely forgotten and lost to history—until now. Lou comes alive in this “must-read” (Tyler Kepner, The New York Times) memoir. It is an inspiring, heartfelt rags-to-riches tale about a poor kid from New York who became one of the most revered baseball players of all time. Fourteen years after his account, Lou would tragically die from ALS, a neuromuscular disorder now known as Lou Gherig’s Disease. His poignant autobiography is followed by an insightful biographical essay by historian Alan D. Gaff. Here is Lou—Hall of Famer, All Star, MVP, an “athlete who epitomized the American dream” (Christian Science Monitor)—back at bat.
Lou Gehrig
Author: James Buckley, Jr.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402771514
Category : Baseball players
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A biography of baseball player Lou Gehrig.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402771514
Category : Baseball players
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A biography of baseball player Lou Gehrig.
Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball
Author: Babe Ruth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Luckiest Man
Author: Jonathan Eig
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439126445
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
The definitive account of the life and tragic death of baseball legend Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was a baseball legend—the Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended by a horrible disease that now bears his name. But as this definitive new biography makes clear, Gehrig’s life was more complicated—and, perhaps, even more heroic—than anyone really knew. Drawing on new interviews and more than two hundred pages of previously unpublished letters to and from Gehrig, Luckiest Man gives us an intimate portrait of the man who became an American hero: his life as a shy and awkward youth growing up in New York City, his unlikely friendship with Babe Ruth (a friendship that allegedly ended over rumors that Ruth had had an affair with Gehrig’s wife), and his stellar career with the Yankees, where his consecutive-games streak stood for more than half a century. What was not previously known, however, is that symptoms of Gehrig’s affliction began appearing in 1938, earlier than is commonly acknowledged. Later, aware that he was dying, Gehrig exhibited a perseverance that was truly inspiring; he lived the last two years of his short life with the same grace and dignity with which he gave his now-famous “luckiest man” speech. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, Jonathan Eig’s Luckiest Man shows us one of the greatest baseball players of all time as we’ve never seen him before.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439126445
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
The definitive account of the life and tragic death of baseball legend Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was a baseball legend—the Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended by a horrible disease that now bears his name. But as this definitive new biography makes clear, Gehrig’s life was more complicated—and, perhaps, even more heroic—than anyone really knew. Drawing on new interviews and more than two hundred pages of previously unpublished letters to and from Gehrig, Luckiest Man gives us an intimate portrait of the man who became an American hero: his life as a shy and awkward youth growing up in New York City, his unlikely friendship with Babe Ruth (a friendship that allegedly ended over rumors that Ruth had had an affair with Gehrig’s wife), and his stellar career with the Yankees, where his consecutive-games streak stood for more than half a century. What was not previously known, however, is that symptoms of Gehrig’s affliction began appearing in 1938, earlier than is commonly acknowledged. Later, aware that he was dying, Gehrig exhibited a perseverance that was truly inspiring; he lived the last two years of his short life with the same grace and dignity with which he gave his now-famous “luckiest man” speech. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, Jonathan Eig’s Luckiest Man shows us one of the greatest baseball players of all time as we’ve never seen him before.
Lou Gehrig
Author: David A. Adler
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152005238
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Designed for teachers to easily integrate career awareness into their daily lesson plans.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152005238
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Designed for teachers to easily integrate career awareness into their daily lesson plans.
Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time
Author: Ray Robinson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393247252
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
"All these many years down the road, Lou Gehrig's reputation still holds up as does Ray Robinson's elegant biography." –Bob Costas Lou Gehrig will go down in history as one of the best ballplayers of all time; he was elected to the Hall of Fame and played in a record-setting 2,130 consecutive games. ALS known today as "Lou Gehrig's Disease" robbed him of his physical skills at a relatively young age, and he died in 1941. Ray Robinson re-creates the life of this legendary ballplayer and also provides an insightful look at baseball, including all the great players of that era: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, and more.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393247252
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
"All these many years down the road, Lou Gehrig's reputation still holds up as does Ray Robinson's elegant biography." –Bob Costas Lou Gehrig will go down in history as one of the best ballplayers of all time; he was elected to the Hall of Fame and played in a record-setting 2,130 consecutive games. ALS known today as "Lou Gehrig's Disease" robbed him of his physical skills at a relatively young age, and he died in 1941. Ray Robinson re-creates the life of this legendary ballplayer and also provides an insightful look at baseball, including all the great players of that era: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, and more.
Joe DiMaggio
Author: Richard Ben Cramer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684865475
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
This is the life story of Joe DiMaggio, including his first game with the New York Yankees in the 1930s, his marriage to Marilyn Monroe & his rise to hero status. Richard Ben Cramer tells of the ways in which fame can both build & destroy.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684865475
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
This is the life story of Joe DiMaggio, including his first game with the New York Yankees in the 1930s, his marriage to Marilyn Monroe & his rise to hero status. Richard Ben Cramer tells of the ways in which fame can both build & destroy.
Pinstripe Pride
Author: Marty Appel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481416022
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"Get the complete story of the Yankees, from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter--with twenty-seven World Championships in between--in this middle grade adaptation of "Pinstripe Empire," a celebrated adult nonfiction tome from author and former Yankees PR director ..."--
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481416022
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"Get the complete story of the Yankees, from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter--with twenty-seven World Championships in between--in this middle grade adaptation of "Pinstripe Empire," a celebrated adult nonfiction tome from author and former Yankees PR director ..."--
Morrie
Author: Morris Schwartz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802713556
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A former sociology professor suffering from an incurable progressive disease shares his thoughts on his approaching death, coming to terms with one's mortality, and living life fully
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802713556
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A former sociology professor suffering from an incurable progressive disease shares his thoughts on his approaching death, coming to terms with one's mortality, and living life fully