Lou Gehrig: A Quiet Hero

By Frank Graham

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs

Lou Gehrig: A Quiet Hero is a 1942 biography by the New York sportswriter Frank Graham, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons shortly after Gehrig's death in 1941. Graham, who covered the Yankees for years, tells the story of Gehrig's life from his boyhood as the son of German immigrants in New York and his days at Columbia University to his record 2,130 consecutive games as the Yankees' first baseman, his famous farewell speech in 1939, and his death from ALS at thirty-seven.

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• Larry King: “I read [this] in high school and couldn't get it out of my mind. Lou Gehrig was an incredible figure — he was built like a bull, and a wonderful calming presence.”