Description

Hardcover – Used

Non Fiction, Canadian Sports, Hockey

Published to praise from reviewers in both the US and Canada, A Great Game brings alive the hockey heroes and hard-boiled businessmen who built the game of hockey and pays passionate tribute to the earliest star players of the gamelavishly illustrated with captivating photographs throughout.

Stephen Harper has crafted a “readable and entertaining historical exposition of the early organizational days of Canada’s most beloved sport” (Toronto Star). With a historians perspective and fans passion, Harper presents a riveting, often-surprising portrait, capturing everything from the physical contests on the rinks to the battles behind the scenes and the changing social conventions of the twentieth century.