Lou Gehrig is one of the most wrote-about baseball players in history. Like most people, I knew the general details of his life and career: poor kid born in Manhattan, star first baseman for the Yankees, tragic death due to ALS.
This week I read a recently published book called Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir, which is a unique read because half of the book is penned by Gehrig himself. During the legendary 1927 season, he wrote a series of articles that were only partially published. The author of The Lost Memoir stumbled upon the rest of these articles, included them in the book as well as wrote a biographical essay of Gehrig’s life and career.