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Jonathan Eig
Jonathan Eig is the best-selling author of four books: "Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig;" "Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season;" "Get Capone;" and, most recently, "The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution." He is... show more

Jonathan Eig is the best-selling author of four books: "Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig;" "Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season;" "Get Capone;" and, most recently, "The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution." He is currently working on a biography of Muhammad Ali.Ken Burns calls Jonathan Eig "a master storyteller." Eig's books have been listed among the best books of the year by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Sports Illustrated, and Slate.com.Eig is a former senior writer for The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children. For more information, go to wwww.jonathaneig.com.
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Feminism in Cold Storage
Feminism in Cold Storage rated it 8 years ago
This book is yet another reminder of how good I have it. I had never considered what life was like for a woman before the Pill. While I had read books about women from before it's invention, such as The Second Sex and The Feminine Mystique (okay, before most middle class women could easily get it p...
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SA Bodeen Reads rated it 10 years ago
With the focus on ALS of late, thanks to the ice bucket challenge, I've heard Lou Gehrig's name more in the last few weeks than the entire previous year. Many people know little about the man, other than: 1) He had a horrific disease. 2) He played baseball. This is tragic, because he was a man who l...
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SA Bodeen Reads rated it 18 years ago
I never knew anything about Lou Gehrig the man, other than that clip they play from Yankee Stadium.What an amazing man. I was weeping so much the last 20 pages, I literally had to put the book down because I couldn't see to read.
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