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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
240 pages cm
Language
English
Description
"The lost memoir from baseball icon Lou Gehrig-a major historical discovery, published for the first time as a book, with "color commentary" from historian Alan Gaff. In 1927, the legendary Lou Gehrig sat down to write the remarkable story of his life andcareer. He was at his peak, fresh off a record-breaking season with the fabled '27 World Series champion Yankees. It was an era unlike any other. Gehrig's personal remembrances were published that...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
5 CDs (5 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1927, the legendary Lou Gehrig sat down to write the remarkable story of his life and career. He was at his peak, fresh off a record-breaking season with the fabled ₁27 World Series champion Yankees. It was an era unlike any other. Gehrig's personal remembrances were published that year as popular weekly columns in The Oakland Tribune. Until now, those pages were lost to history.
Publisher
Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
128 pages
Language
English
Description
"Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing is a collection of significant speeches, made both by those who held the reins of power and those who didn't, at significant times in American history. Read the original words-sometimes abridged and sometimes in their entirety-that have shaped our cultural fabric."--Amazon.com.
4) Lou Gehrig
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
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!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The legendary achievements of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are undeniable hallmarks of baseball history. Much has been written about the two men as teammates, but Ruth and Gehrig's relationship away from the field is rarely, if ever, explored. In Gehrig and the Babe, Tony Castro portrays Ruth and Gehrig for what they were: American icons who were remarkably different men. For the first time, readers will learn about a friendship driven apart, an enduring...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the Yankees' star ballplayer, focusing on his character and his struggle with the terminal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1931, seventeen-year-old Jackie Mitchell pitches against Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game, becoming the first professional female pitcher in baseball history.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Pub. Date
c1959
Edition
1st Aladdin Books ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
192 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography focusing on the childhood of one of the greatest professional baseball players, who is remembered for playing 2,130 consecutive games in 14 seasons with the New York Yankees.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
viii, 420 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball Hall of Fame player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his athletic childhood in New York to his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.
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