amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Chronicles the life of baseball legend Lou Gehrig, discussing his childhood in New York City, shyness, interactions with other members of the Yankee team, professional triumphs, personal relationships, and struggles to overcome a debilitating disease.

Mitch Albom, Schwartz's one-time student, herein chronicles his last days with his dying mentor, a sociologist who courageously studied his own degeneration from Lou Gehrig's disease.

An overview of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, that explains what it is and how it is diagnosed and describes life with the disease and the search for a cure.