99: Stories of the Game
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (595 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0735289069 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 516 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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For all he was in his prime, 99, and the stories he shares, are about as human as they get.”—Brett Popplewell, The Globe and Mail“One of the most enjoyable hockey books to be published in many years.”—Wes Lukowsky, Booklist (starred review)“Wayne Gretzky’s99 glides across a lifetime of high sticks and higher stakes.”—Vanity Fair “The Great One delivers a personal history of the National Hockey League…Gretzky’s sense of his sport’s history rings clearly throughout these pages, as if he is the tour guide of a museum in which he also has created some of the best art…This enjoyable book provides an overview that will educate longtime fans and relative newcomers alike.”—Kirkus Reviews “…
He lives with his family in Westlake Village, California. Kirstie McLellan Day is the coauthor of the Canadian bestselling hockey memoirs Cornered (HarperCollins, 2011), with Ron MacLean; Playing with Fire (Triumph, 2010), with Theo Fleury; and Tough Guy (Triumph, 2009), with Bob Probert. Louis Blues (1996), and the New York Rangers (1996–1999). His honors include 31 Hart, Art Ross, Conn Smythe, Lester B
D. Buxman said Gretzky Scores Again!. Even the casual hockey fan knows the name and the legend of Wayne Gretzky and it's hard to separate the person from his reputation as The Great One. This is a wonderful book because it celebrates Gretzky's love and reverence for the game by examining the 99 year history of the NHL through the eyes of its greatest player. The stories of the players that made hockey such a wonderful sport through the early years are interspersed with Gretzky's stories of how those players impacted his development as a person and as a player. As such, this book is not only a terrific work of sports history, but also a fabulous autobiography that yields comp. Go kings! Bought the hardcover book for my dad the die hard kings fan who bought a kindle and won't use it. He love's it. Says there's a lot of things he didn't know in there.. annonymus said Very good read. I really liked this book. I would recommend it to any fan of his or fan of the game. This is the book on how he saw the game and he did a great job on it.
Warm, direct, and revelatory, it is a book that gives us number 99, the man and the player, like never before.From the Hardcover edition.. For the first time, Gretzky discusses candidly what the game looks like to him and introduces us to the people who inspired and motivated him: mentors, teammates, rivals, the famous and the lesser known. Dubbed “The Great One,” he is considered by many to be the greatest hockey player who ever lived. “The Great One” weaves memories of his legendary career with an inside look at the sport of professional hockey, and the heroes and stories that inspired him. From minor-hockey phenomenon to Hall of Fame sensation, Wayne Gretzky rewrote the record books, his accomplishments becoming the stuff of legend. No one has seen more of the game