Lou Gehrig : the luckiest man

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Label

Lou Gehrig : the luckiest man

Title remainder

the luckiest man

Statement of responsibility

David A. Adler ; illustrated by Terry Widener

Creator

• trueAdler, David A

Contributor

• Widener, Terry

Illustrator

• Widener, Terry

Subject

• trueBaseball -- History
• trueBaseball Hall of Fame members
• trueBaseball players
• trueBaseball players -- United States -- Biography
• Baseball players -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941
• trueProfessional baseball players
• trueProfessional baseball players -- Biography
• Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941 -- Juvenile literature
• trueAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Language

eng

Summary

Traces the life of the Yankees' star ballplayer, focusing on his character and his struggle with the terminal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Writing style

• trueEasy-to-understand

Award

• Garden State Children's Book Award (New Jersey), Children's Nonfiction, 2000.
• ALA Notable Children's Book, 1998

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 796.357/092
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

750

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

GV865.G4

LC item number

A35 1997

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 2
• 3

Target audience

juvenile