DECEPTIONS AND DOUBLECROSS - How the NHL Conquered Hockey by Holzman, Morey; Nieforth, Joseph - 2002

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2002. 392 pp. Red boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjackiet; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Birth of the Legend; Frank Calder's Beginnings; The Trash King and the Yarn Spinner; The Western Raiders and an Ottawa Power Play; Livingstone We Presume; Livingstone's Battles Begin; The War of 1915: Real or Imagined; Two to One in Toronto; Eddie Livingstone Goes to War; Toronto: Shipped Out and Drummed Out; The Litigious Era Begins; The Penny Drops; Quebec Bows Out; Lichtenhein Loses the War; Dey's Deceptions; The Short Chaotic Life of the Toronto Arenas; The Battle for Hamilton; Livvy Wins but the NHL Gains Some Relief; Hamilton Is Hoodwinked; The Steeltown Strike; Stop Spreading the News; The Original Ten; Livvy's Comeback; The Real Curse of Muldoon; Leafs of a Different Colour; Conspiracy Chicago Style; Calder Steals the Cup; Frank Calder Dies; and Livingstone At Peace; followed by Appendix A: What Happened to Them; Appendix B: Hamilton-born Players in the NHL; Appendix C: The Closing of Canada; and Appendix D: Calder's Damage; and an index.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Book.