Lou Gehrig: A Biography

by William C. Kashatus

Book Overview

Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played stood for decades until Cal Ripken Jr. broke it in 1995. Most people remember Gehrig for this record, or for the disease that claimed his life (and now bears his name). But what many forget is how prolific a hitter he was. The son of German immigrants, Gehrig rose from inauspicious beginnings to become a scholar-athlete at Columbia University, and then moved to Major League Baseball, where he knocked...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313328668
• ISBN13: 9780313328664
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7