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Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig

by Jonathan Eig
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Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig

Intimate portrait of a baseball legend's bravery.

If you're a fan of baseball or iconic sports figures, "Luckiest Man" will offer much more than just stats and game anecdotes. It dives deep into the humanity of Lou Gehrig, his personal battles and the strength he showed in the face of adversity. Jonathan Eig's meticulous research brings forth a side of Gehrig that's as inspiring as it is poignant, making it a meaningful read for anyone interested in the man behind the myth.

  • Audie Award for Nonfiction, Abridged (2006)
  • Society of Midland Authors Award Nominee for Biography (2006)
  • Casey Award (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig

by Jonathan Eig
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ISBN: 9780743268936
Authors: Jonathan Eig
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date of Publication: 2006-04-03
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sports, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Science
Related Topics: Biography, History, Baseball, Biography Memoir, Historical, Memoir, Biography, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.26
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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 Drawing on new interviews and more than two hundred pages of previously unpublished letters to and from Gehrig, Luckiest Man gives us an intimate portrait of the man who became an American hero: his life as a shy and awkward youth growing up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
 

Intimate portrait of a baseball legend's bravery.

If you're a fan of baseball or iconic sports figures, "Luckiest Man" will offer much more than just stats and game anecdotes. It dives deep into the humanity of Lou Gehrig, his personal battles and the strength he showed in the face of adversity. Jonathan Eig's meticulous research brings forth a side of Gehrig that's as inspiring as it is poignant, making it a meaningful read for anyone interested in the man behind the myth.

  • Audie Award for Nonfiction, Abridged (2006)
  • Society of Midland Authors Award Nominee for Biography (2006)
  • Casey Award (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.