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Luckiest man : the life and death of Lou Gehrig / Jonathan Eig.

Eig, Jonathan. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0743245911
  • ISBN: 9780743245913
  • Physical Description: viii, 420 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2005]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter 1 Survivor 3 -- Chapter 2 "Babe" Gehrig 13 -- Chapter 3 At Columbia 27 -- Chapter 4 Behemoth of Bing 41 -- Chapter 5 Goodbye, Mr. Pipp 54 -- Chapter 6 Coming of Age 69 -- Chapter 7 Sinner and Saint 82 -- Chapter 8 Barnstorming Days 107 -- Chapter 9 A Charmed Life 118 -- Chapter 10 Crash 128 -- Chapter 11 Iron Horse 141 -- Chapter 12 Courtship 161 -- Chapter 13 Out of the Shadows 177 -- Chapter 14 A Night at the Opera 192 -- Chapter 15 Next Big Thing 204 -- Chapter 16 Lord of the Jungle 218 -- Chapter 17 Strange Times 233 -- Chapter 18 Longest Summer 245 -- Chapter 19 Like a Match Burning Out 262 -- Chapter 20 Last Chance 277 -- Chapter 21 Pitchers Once Feared His Bat 287 -- Chapter 22 Bitter with the Sweet 292 -- Chapter 23 Luckiest Man 310 -- Chapter 24 Bureaucrat 320 -- Chapter 25 Our Boy Is Pretty Discouraged 329 -- Chapter 26 He Was Baseball 351 -- Appendix Lou Gehrig's Career Statistics 369.
Subject:
Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis > Patients > United States > Biography.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 21 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library. (Show)

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Statesville Main Library B GEHRIG EIG (Text) 33114015251168 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Avery County Morrison Public Library B Gehrig (Text) 31111002270187 Adult Biography Available -
Barco Library B GEHRIG (Text) 39488200687053 Adult Biography Available -
Cleveland County Main Library 796.357 EIG (Text) 22281500038825 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Enka-Candler Library B GEHRIG (Text) 0020506476272 Adult Biography Available -
Henderson Main Branch 796.357 E (Text) 33258004857731 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Hoke County Public Library 796.357 E (Text) 28198000407197 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Jackson County Public Library B GEHRIG (Text) 39493106779608 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Lewisville Branch B GEHRIG, LOU (Text) 0112514588147 Adult Biography Available -
Lexington Public Library B Gehrig (Text) 25908004810367 Adult Biography Available -

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