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Author Joseph, Dan, author.

Title Last ride of the Iron Horse : how Lou Gehrig fought ALS to play one final championship season / Dan Joseph.

Publication Info. Mechanicsburg, PA : Sunbury Press, 2019.
©2019.

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  616.839 JOS    Check Shelf
Description 209 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-296) and index.
Summary Last ride of the Iron Horse tells the tale of Lou Gehrig's final year in the Yankee lineup, as he dealt with early effects of the paralytic disease ALS. For much of the 1938 season, the legendary Gehrig--dubbed the Iron Horse for his strength and reliability--struggled with slumps and a mystifying loss of power that shook his confidence. Fans booed and sportswriters called for him to be benched. Then, as the Yankees battled for the pennant in August, Lou began pounding home runs like his old self--a turnaround that in retrospect looks truly miraculous.
Subject Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject New York Yankees (Baseball team) -- History.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Patients -- Biography.
ISBN 9781620062326
1620062321
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