Luckiest man : the life and death of Lou Gehrig

Eig, Jonathan. (Author).

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Record details

ISBN: 0743268938 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780743268936 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
x, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster pbk. ed.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2006, c2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The survivor -- "Babe" Gehrig -- At Columbia -- The Behemoth of Bing -- Goodbye, Mr. Pipp -- Coming of age -- Sinner and saint -- Barnstorming days -- A charmed life -- The crash -- Iron horse -- Courtship -- Out of the shadows -- A night at the opera -- The next big thing -- Lord of the jungle -- Strange times -- The longest summer -- Like a match burning out -- Last chance -- Pitchers once feared his bat -- The bitter with the sweet -- Luckiest man -- The bureaucrat -- Out boy is pretty discouraged -- He was baseball.