Lou Gehrig

  • Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir
    By Alan D. Gaff

    Wilcy Moore started Saturday's game four. Taking the mound in Yankee Stadium, he was “as calm and cool as though he was pitching hay” back in Oklahoma. Moore hurled a complete game, although Gehrig provided no offensive help, ...

  • Lou Gehrig
    By Ronald A. Reis

    ... Harry, 10, 12 Kieran, John, 65–66 Klein, Chuck, 94 Koenig, Mark, 49 Krichell, Paul, 21–22 LaGuardia, Fiorello, 104, 106 Lazarus, Emma, 6 Lazzeri, Tony and the Yankees, 49, 54–55, 63, 89, 104 Lindbergh, Charles, 56, 73 Lloyd, Harold, ...

  • Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir
    By Alan D. Gaff

    I'm writing just to wish you luck and let you know that I'm pulling for you every day.” “Don't he want something?” the Babe asked. “Doesn't he ask for a ball or something?” “Not a thing,” I told him. “Well, I'm a son of a gun,” Babe ...

  • Lou Gehrig: Pride of the Yankees
    By Paul Gallico

    They had as their manager a sharp, dried up, mite of a man named Miller Huggins who was all wisdom and common sense and baseball brains. They had the dream pitching staff consisting of Pennock, Hoyt, Moore and Pipgras.

  • Lou Gehrig: Sports Heroes and Legends
    By Kevin Viola, Lou Gehrig

    Joe McCarthy , who had just been fired by the Chicago Cubs , was hired on as the Yankees ' manager for the 1931 season . When the team reported for spring training that year , both Lou and his roommate and friend Bill Dickey took an ...

  • Lou Gehrig: A Biography
    By William C. Kashatus

    Discusses the personal life and baseball career of the famous Yankee first baseman, Lou Gehrig.

  • Lou Gehrig: A Life of Dedication
    By Jennifer Boothroyd

    ... Jimmy Carter Lou Gehrig Martin Luther King Jr. Mary McLeod Bethune Mohandas Gandhi Mother Teresa Nelson Mandela Rachel Carson Roald Dahl Robert Fulton Roberto Clemente Rosa Parks Susan B. Anthony Thomas Jefferson William Penn.

  • Lou Gehrig: An American Classic
    By Richard Bak

    Traces the life of the famous Yankee firstbaseman, describes his accomplishments as a player, and looks at his relationship with Babe Ruth

  • Lou Gehrig: Iron Horse of Baseball
    By James Buckley, Jr.

    A biography of baseball player Lou Gehrig.

  • Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man
    By David A. Adler

    Traces the life of the Yankees' star ballplayer, focusing on his character and his struggle with the terminal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

  • Lou Gehrig
    By Kevin Viola

    Traces the life of the New York Yankee legend, Lou Gehrig and describes his baseball accomplishments.

  • Lou Gehrig: One of Baseball's Greatest
    By Guernsey Van Riper Jr.

    One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians.

  • Lou Gehrig: A Quiet Hero
    By Frank Graham

    A biography of the Yankee player voted "the greatest first baseman of all time" by the Baseball Writer's Association.

  • Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir
    By Alan D. Gaff

    His poignant autobiography is followed by an insightful biographical essay by historian Alan D. Gaff. Here is Lou—Hall of Famer, All Star, and MVP—back at bat.

  • Lou Gehrig: Pride of the Yankees
    By Keith Brandt

    Describes the life of the great baseball player, from his childhood as the only son of German immigrants to his triumph as star of the New York Yankees.

  • Lou Gehrig
    By Richard Rambeck

    A biography of the New York Yankee first baseman known as 'The Iron Man' because he played in over 2,000 consecutive games.

  • Lou Gehrig: Appreciation
    By Fritz Knapp

    What emerges after reading these stories is not only a greater understanding and appreciation of the virtues that these icons needed to get through life, but also an inspiration for the reader.

  • Lou Gehrig
    By Robert Greenberger

    Discusses the personal life and baseball career of the famous Yankee first baseman, Lou Gehrig.