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Iron Horse

Lou Gehrig in His Time

Ray Robinson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:22nd Mar '06

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Lou Gehrig will go down in history as one of the best ballplayers of all time; he was elected to the Hall of Fame and played in a record-setting 2,130 consecutive games. ALS known today as "Lou Gehrig's Disease" robbed him of his physical skills at a relatively young age, and he died in 1941. Ray Robinson re-creates the life of this legendary ballplayer and also provides an insightful look at baseball, including all the great players of that era: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, and more.

"In this carefully researched book, Ray Robinson turns an American icon into a living, breathing human being. In doing so, he also tells a marvelous story of a man and his times." -- Pete Hamill

ISBN: 9780393328820

Dimensions: 211mm x 140mm x 20mm

Weight: 313g

304 pages