Book description
Biography of the New York Yankees' major league baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig focuses on his childhood.
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As a troubled boy of nine, I was quickly drawn to the story within this plain orange book cover. It made me want to read and learn.
I found it in 1949, perched on the shelf at Addison Elementary School in Palo Alto. I was taken with the kindness of Lou Gehrig because there was little kindness in our fatherless home. While Babe Ruth was America's biggest baseball star, Gehrig, this genuine, humble son of immigrants, drew my respect and affection. I was an immigrant of sorts, and I wanted to know more about Gehrig and people like him.
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