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| Original Title: | Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig |
| ISBN: | 0743268938 (ISBN13: 9780743268936) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Audie Award for Nonfiction, Abridged (2006), Society of Midland Authors Award Nominee for Biography (2006), Casey Award (2005) |
Jonathan Eig
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.21 | 4605 Users | 261 Reviews
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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Drawing on new interviews and more than two hundred pages of previously unpublished letters to and from Gehrig, Luckiest Man gives us an intimate portrait of the man who became an American hero: his life as a shy and awkward youth growing up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.
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| Title | : | Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig |
| Author | : | Jonathan Eig |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | April 3rd 2006 by Simon Schuster (first published 2005) |
| Categories | : | Sports. Baseball. Biography. Nonfiction. History. Historical. Medical |
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Ratings: 4.21 From 4605 Users | 261 ReviewsAppraise Containing Books Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
What made Lou Gehrig special? What made him the luckiest man? In many ways he was average but unlike most average people, though, he happened to be incredibly gifted as a baseball player and he came to have a devastating disease named after him. Those are the facts. I picked up this book -to find out the rest of the story, and mostly found it.The book starts out with a description of that famous July 1939 day when Gehrig delivered his famous "luckiest man" speech. The audio CD version has actualI found this story rich in detail about one of the greatest baseball players, his life in baseball and what a courageous man he was, on and off the field. Until this reading, the movie with Gary Cooper was the only reference I could make to Lou Gehrig. I loved the little pieces of history Eig included in his well-researched book and how he dealt with the disease that took his life. And, here we are, some 75 years later and still no cure has been found for ALS.
How many baseball fans can truly claim that they know more about the life and legacy of Lou Gehrig than just his unfortunate death at such a young age from a crippling disease that will forever bear his name? Perhaps they also recall that he and Ruth made for a hell of a 1-2 punch in the 1927 New York Yankees lineup. But that's probably about all. As an aspirational baseball historian, I'll admit it frankly that I only knew a little bit more than the average fan I just described. My eyes pop
Lou Gehrig. Poor bastard.
Just so you know, I bought this book before the ALS Ice bucket challenge, and if all you participants and donors want to know something about the disease you donated to and the man it's unofficially named after, then read this. I thought it was a well-researched book full of detail and era-related tidbits and and tons of baseball stats and knowledge. But, and here's the but, I thought the book, like it's said about the man Gehrig himself in this book, for all his accomplishments, it lacked
Luckiest Man is not only an insightful and inspirational glimpse into the pain of ALS and how it got its better-known namesake of Lou Gehrig's Disease, but also a powerful story about a man who didn't let mortality stop him from his hopes and joys. The book provides a lot of context, discussing Gehrig's early life, childhood and his establishment as a baseball legend. It's written in a manner that novices to sports or non-sports fans can understand, but it still does well at explaining why
I do NOT like the Yankees at all. Im a Phillies fan and honestly a Yankees hater. However, after reading this book, with its mix of stats, story and portrayed endurance, this is one of the better Bios Ive read. The stats sneak up on you, I found myself looking up all kinds of camera you numbers that I now strangely have committed to memory. I really thought the book would be all about the streak but to my surprise, it really wasnt. It was talked about and investigated...woven into the fabric of
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