Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
by:
Jonathan Eig (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780786276387 (078627638X)
Publish date: June 1st 2005
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 731
Edition language: English
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...
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.