Iron Horse Pa

by Robinson,Ray

• ISBN13: 9780393328820
• ISBN10: 0393328821
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

"All these many years down the road, Lou Gehrig's reputation still holds up--as does Ray Robinson's elegant biography."--Bob Costas 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. 16 photographs.

Table of Contents

Preface: A Letter from Lou	9	(10)
After the Called Shot	19	(9)
A Boy in the City	28	(16)
Roar, Lion, Roar	44	(6)
Off the Sundial	50	(10)
Coming to the Yankees	60	(10)
Seasoning at Hartford	70	(7)
It Could Have Been Harvard	77	(8)
Gehrig for Pipp	85	(19)
Lou and the Yanks Come of Age	104	(8)
An Incredible Year	112	(11)
The Odd Couple	123	(8)
A Series Hero	131	(7)
Things Come Loose	138	(4)
The Home Run that Didn't Count	142	(6)
The Human Side	148	(13)
Four Quiet Four-Baggers	161	(7)
The Streak	168	(8)
Love Match	176	(13)
Happy Days	189	(21)
Captain of the Yankees	210	(4)
New Man in Town	214	(5)
Old World Series Rivals	219	(4)
Visiting Professor	223	(6)
A Final Series Homer	229	(4)
``Why Not Stop at 1,999?''	233	(6)
The Last Series	239	(5)
Silent Spring	244	(11)
Farewell to Baseball	255	(16)
Last Days	271	(4)
Pride of the Yankees	275	(5)
Appendix A: Gehrig's Lifetime Record	280	(2)
Appendix B: The Lou Gehrig Award	282	(3)
Acknowledgments	285	(4)
Index	289