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The Sport That Defines a Country
By Paul Henderson, By Jim Prime, Foreword by Prime Minister Stephen Harper
SPORTS & RECREATION
208 Pages, 9 x 10
Formats: Cloth, Trade Paper, PDF, Mobipocket, EPUB
Cloth, $32.95 (US $32.95) (CA $32.95)
ISBN 9781600785757
Rights: WOR
Triumph Books (Oct 2011)
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The role of hockey in Canada serves as a national identity, a unifying force in a country of 33 million people. So crazed are Canadians for their national sport that they ranked outrageous hockey commentator and high school drop-out Don Cherry ahead of Alexander Graham Bell on a list of the greatest Canadians in history. Penned by hockey star Paul Henderson-famed scorer of Canada's "Greatest Goal" in the 1972 Summit Series-and featuring a foreword by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, How Hockey Explains Canada explores just how deeply engrained this national pastime is in the Canadian psyche. The intelligent discourse on Canada's national sport goes far beyond the sport's most-loved icons, great plays, and notorious brawls by looking into the history and culture of the game to explain why hockey has had such an enigmatic hold on Canadians. Featuring interviews with more than 35 current and former NHL players, coaches, executives, and commentators, this expansive biography of the sport explores hockey's inextricable connection to everything from the Confederation to the Cold War to international perception of Canada and the country's own cultural divide.Author Biography
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The role of hockey in Canadian culture is closer to a religion than simply a sporting pastime. It's a national identity, a unifying force in a country of 33 million people. So crazed are Canadians for their national sport that they ranked outrageous hockey commentator and high school drop-out Don Cherry ahead of Alexander Graham Bell on a list of the greatest Canadians in history.
Penned by hockey star Paul Henderson-famed scorer of Canada's "Greatest Goal" in the 1972 Summit Series-and featuring a foreword by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, How Hockey Explains Canada explores just how deeply engrained this national pastime is in the Canadian psyche. Henderson and coauthor Jim Prime offer intelligent discourse on Canada's national sport that goes far beyond the sport's most-loved icons, great plays and notorious brawls and looks into the history and culture of the game to explain why hockey has had such an enigmatic hold on Canadians.
Featuring interviews with more than 35 current and former NHL players, coaches, executives and commentators, this expansive biography of the sport explores hockey's inextricable connection to everything from the Confederation to the Cold War to international perception of Canada and the country's own cultural divide. Chock full of trivia and interesting facts, How Hockey Explains Canada also addresses:
About the author:
Paul Henderson is one of Canada's most beloved sports heroes. Best known for scoring the winning goal for Team Canada against the Soviets in Game 8 of the 1972 Summit Series, he has become as much respected for the way he handled the instant fame as for the goal itself. The father of three grown daughters, Paul lives in Mississauga, Ontario, with his wife, Eleanor.
Jim Prime has written more than a dozen sports-related books and has contributed articles to various periodicals. He has coauthored books with the immortal Ted Williams and the immoderate Bill "Spaceman" Lee. He grew up a rabid Montreal Canadiens fan on Long Island at the southwestern tip of Nova Scotia. Jim is cofounder of the Bluenose Bosox Brotherhood and acting Lieutenant-Governor for Nova Scotia of Red Sox Nation. He lives with his wife, Glenna, in New Minas, Nova Scotia.
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