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Lou Gehrig

One of Baseball's Greatest

Part of Childhood of Famous Americans
By Guernsey Van Riper Jr.
Illustrated by Paul Laune
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Guernsey Van Riper Jr.

Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. attended DePauw University in 1926. He earned two varsity letters as quarterback on the football team and one letter as a first baseman on the baseball team. After graduating, he worked in advertising then became an editor at Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company. He turned his love of sports into books, writing biographies of Lou Gehrig and Knute Rockne along with ten other children’s books.

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  • Publisher: Aladdin (October 31, 1986)
  • Length: 192 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780020419303
  • Ages: 8 - 12

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Lou Gehrig

One of Baseball's Greatest

Part of Childhood of Famous Americans
By Guernsey Van Riper Jr.
Illustrated by Paul Laune
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