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Home Game: Hockey and Life in Canada

In October 1983 Ken Dryden gave us what was called the best non-fiction book ever written about hockey - The Game. In that same month Roy MacGregor published what was hailed as the best novel ever written about hockey - The Last Season. In 1989 these two writers teamed up to write another extraordinary book: inspired by Ken Dryden's major CBC-TV series on hockey, Home Gametakes us all the way from street hockey to the showdowns between Canada and the Soviets.

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On publication, Home Gameshot to the top of the bestseller lists, establishing itself as must reading for every hockey fan. Not only was this lavish book with over 95 full-colour photographs popular among ordinary Canadians: book reviewers loved it.

From the Hardcover edition.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 244 pages

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