Luckiest Man
The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
Jonathan Eig
Published: 2005
Pages: 731
Lou Gehrig was the Iron Horse, baseball's strongest and most determined superstar -- struck down in his prime by a disease that now bears his name. But who was Lou Gehrig, really? What fueled his ferocious competitive drive? How did he cope with the illness that abruptly ended his career and drained him of his legendary power? [This book] gives us [an] intimate understanding of the life of an American hero.-Dust jacket.