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Review: Fact

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Yankees’ book
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This cover image released by
Hachette shows “The Pride
of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig,
Gary Cooper and the Making
of a Classic” by Richard
Sandomir.
Associated Press
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Associated Press
The movie “The Pride of
the Yankees” is the kind
of Hollywood hokum that
makes us feel good. And
there’s nothing wrong with
that — as long as we know
life is usually more compli-
cated than a Gary Cooper
movie.
Recommending a making-
of-the-movie book as more
interesting than the film it
explores is a compliment to
the author. And in the case
of this 1942 biopic about
baseball great Lou Gehrig,
an acknowledgement that
time can be cruel to our America’s Cup win brings
youthful favorites.
“The Pride of the Yankees” elation for New Zealanders
is best remembered for
Cooper re-enacting Geh- Emirates Team New Zealand helmsman
rig’s farewell speech at Peter Burling, left, and teammate Glenn
Yankee Stadium. In 1939 Ashby hold the America’s Cup aloft as they
the slugger and first base- celebrate with teammates after defeating
man was dying of amyo-
trophic lateral sclerosis, a Oracle Team USA in the America’s Cup
nerve disease soon to car- sailing competition Monday, June 26, 2017,
ry his name. His oft-quoted in Hamilton, Bermuda.
observation — “Today, I Associated Press
consider myself the lucki- Page 19
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