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"Lou
Gehrig: A Quiet Hero" by Frank Graham
was published in 1942 by G.P. Putnam's
Sons. The dust jacket for the 250 page
hardcover book pictured "The Iron
Horse" Lou Gehrig in the baggy Columbia
University uniform of the era in a
classic pose. A special edition
published by arrangement with the
publishers of the regular edition G.P.
Putnam's Sons, was published by E.M.
Hale and Company EAU Claire, Wisconsin.
The cover for this edition illustrated
Lou Gehrig in pinstripes wearing a New
York Yankees baseball cap.
"Lou Gehrig a Biography by Frank Graham" was also
published in a soft cover
"pocket-size" paperback, which was
issued to GI's from 1943-1947. The GI's
would read, and passed around, the
popular
Armed Service Editions (ASEs)
given out free to troops fighting in
Europe and the Pacific during WWII.
This issue illustrated the G.P.
Putnam's Sons dust jacket.
Forward: This is a true story of one of the most famous
of the Yankee baseball players of the
last two decades who died at the age of
thirty-eight. The title is literally
true, for Lou was indeed a quite hero,
never showing off, never pretending to
be anything he wasn't, shy about his
abilities.
You'll find this book as interesting as any fiction especially if you are
interested in baseball. Lou began life
in a simple way in a family, not
poverty-stricken, but the whole family
had to work. Lou was a great athlete,
not only in baseball, but football and
other sports. He attracted the
attention of the coaches at Columbia
who, when the time came for Lou to go
to college, saw to it that he came
there. The minute college was over, he
was offered a berth with the New York
Yankees. From then on his career, which
ended all too soom, was made.
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