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From Canada’s twenty-second prime minister, the new trade paperback edition of the bestselling history of hockey’s early days.
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 game—lavishly 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 historian’s perspective and fan’s 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.
A Great Game shows that many things have stayed the same. Rough play, fervent hometown loyalties, owner-player contract disput
