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Catch the (homemade) video trailer for Last Ride of the Iron Horse: How Lou Gehrig Fought ALS to Play One Final Championship Season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qngyU...

And to order the book, go to Sunbury Press or click on:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1620062321

If you like reading baseball history, or are interested in Lou Gehrig's fight against ALS, this book is for you!


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Thursday is the 80th anniversary of Lou Gehrig's iconic speech: "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth."

But he spoke on other occasions too. In the 12 months before, he denounced Nazism, urged Americans to rally against polio, and talked about baseball's importance in turbulent times. You can read about it in "Last Ride of the Iron Horse," published by Sunbury Press, on sale now.

www.sunburypressstore.com/Last-Ride-o...…

www.amazon.com/gp/product/1620062321/

Check out this excerpt from new Lou Gehrig book from the July 4th New York Daily News. Thursday was the 80th anniversary of Gehrig's iconic speech.

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...



Last Ride of the Iron Horse: How Lou Gehrig Fought ALS to Play One Final Championship Season

Thanks to Ed Randall for having me on his WFAN radio show, and for his thumbs-up on my Lou Gehrig book, "Last Ride of the Iron Horse." As Ed noted, it's amazing that Gehrig was able to play his final 1938 season while in the early throes of ALS, the disease that would take his life less than three years later.

Links to the interview and the book are below.

wfan.radio.com/media/audio-channel/ed...

Last Ride of the Iron Horse: How Lou Gehrig Fought ALS to Play One Final Championship Season

Thank you Andrew Salzone and Bronx Pinstripes for this really strong thumbs-up review of my Lou Gehrig book. "If you're looking for a great book on Lou, look no further." Love that!

http://bronxpinstripes.com/featured-c...

Last Ride of the Iron Horse: How Lou Gehrig Fought ALS to Play One Final Championship Season

Just published! A medical paper looking at Lou Gehrig's possible temporary ALS reversal in 1938. Dr. Richard Bedlack of Duke University and I co-authored this for the RRNMF Neuromuscular Journal.

https://journals.ku.edu/rrnmf/article...

Interesting reading for medical historians, baseball lovers and fans of the Iron Horse.

In honor of Lou Gehrig Day on June 2, Lawrence Knorr had me on the Sunbury Press talk show to discuss Lou, his legacy, his fight against ALS and my book about that battle (Last Ride of the Iron Horse.) We also talked about Lou's movie career and Lou's opinion about Babe Ruth's "called shot" in the 1932 World Series. Enjoy, and remember Lou this Wednesday!

To view:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylwsl...