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Gehrig and the Babe : The Friendship and the Feud.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Castro, Tony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941.
- Gehrig, Lou.
- Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948.
- Ruth, Babe.
- New York Yankees (Baseball team)--History.
- New York Yankees (Baseball team).
- New York Yankees (Baseball team)--Biography.
- Baseball players--United States--Biography.
- Baseball players.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Triumph Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- "The legendary achievements of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are undeniable hallmarks of baseball history. Much has been written about the two men as teammates, but Ruth and Gehrig's relationship away from the field is rarely, if ever, explored. In Gehrig and the Babe, Tony Castro portrays Ruth and Gehrig for what they were: American icons who were remarkably different men. For the first time, readers will learn about a friendship driven apart, an enduring feud which wove its way in and out of their Yankees glory years and chilled their interactions until July 4, 1939--Lou Gehrig Day at Yankee Stadium--when Gehrig's famous farewell address thawed out their stone silence"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1. The Black Sox Scandal
- 2. Babe's Resurrection
- 3. Beginnings
- 4. The Tale of the Most Costly Headache
- 5. Claire Ruth
- 6. Eleanor Gehrig
- 7. "Baseball's Gift to Women"
- 8. The Yankees' Team Mom
- 9. Pre-Yankees Babe
- 10. The Eastern Babe
- 11. The Making of Gehrig and Ruth
- 12. The Gehrigs and Ruth
- 13. The Bottom Falls Out
- 14. The Early 1930s
- 15. Called Shots
- 16. The Feud
- 17. Post-Ruth
- 18. The Streak Ends
- 19. "The Luckiest Man"
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix 1: Babe Ruth's Farewell Speech
- Appendix 2: Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech
- Appendix 3: Letters of Note
- Appendix 4: Career Statistics
- Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-64125-004-6
- OCLC:
- 1021883313
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