Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, Canada, and the Day Everything Changed
by Brunt, Stephen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0307397297
- ISBN 13
- 9780307397294
- Seller
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About This Item
Knopf Canada, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/As New. In Very Good Condition. May Have Minor Wear/Tear to Dust Jacket. For More Information on Condition, Please See All Photos. Renowned sportswriter Stephen Brunt reveals how "the Great One," who was bought and sold more than once, decided that the comfortable Canadian city where hockey ruled couldn't compete with the slushy ice of a California franchise. Bobby Orr's career ended prematurely, with tears. Wayne Gretzky's tears, unlike Orr's, announced not an ending but another beginning. Gretzky's Edmonton Oilers had four Stanley Cup victories, but Gretzky may then have had other goals in mind. Beginning with his dad, Walter, and continuing with Nelson Skalbania, Peter Pocklington, Bruce McNall, Jerry Buss - and with the CBC's Peter Gzowski as chronicler for the eager masses - the enormity of Gretzky's talent attracted all sorts of people who were after a variety of vicarious thrills.
Synopsis
Stephen Brunt is Canada’s premier sportswriter and commentator. In addition to Searching for Bobby Orr , he is also the author of Facing Ali: The Opposition Weighs In , and of The Way It Looks from Here: Contemporary Canadian Writing on Sports . He lives in Hamilton, Ontario, and in Winterhouse Brook, Newfoundland.
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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010612
- Title
- Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, Canada, and the Day Everything Changed
- Author
- Brunt, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0307397297
- ISBN 13
- 9780307397294
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 255
- Keywords
- NFL, Ice Hockey, Hockey Player, Training, Playoffs, Fans, Hockey Stick, Oilers, Gretzky, sport, puck, Hockey
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hockey;
- X weight
- 750 g
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