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 in almost
2,000 runs and helped his team win six world championships. William
Kashatus recounts the perserverance and poise of a life which ended
tragically, yet heroically. Written in cooperation with George
Pollack, the lawyer for the Gehrig estate, this biography provides
a valuable addition to the study of an enduring American sports
legend. The final chapters analyze the creation of the player's
legend through literature and film and also update the reader on
the on-going fight against ALS.
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