Lou Gehrig: The Pride of the Yankees

By Tobias Peterson

Americans cheer in their athletes what they demand of their citizens: humility, simplicity, and purity of spirit. It's a myth that's perfectly suited for the make-believe workings of Hollywood. [8 April 2009]

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The Pride of the Yankees: Collector’s Edition

By Bruce Dancis

In time for baseball season comes a trio of worthy releases: Bull Durham, Eight Men Out and The Pride of the Yankees [28 March 2008]

Essential Classics - Romances

By Erik Hinton

This set highlights the existential crisis about the validity and permanence of love, in a time when Americans were reminded of the absolute ephemeral nature of life and stripped of ideals by the War. [28 June 2007]