Famous for a Time: Forgotten Giants of Canadian Sport

by Jason Wilson and Richard M. Reid

Book Overview

Celebrating Canadian athletes and sporting history.

The cultural impact of sport on a nation is not slight. Famous for a Time explores a number of important, if not well remembered, Canadian athletes and the sports they played to help explain the nation's complicated history, sporting and otherwise. It is an exploration that reveals the socio-cultural trends that have shaped Canada since Confederation.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459749952
• ISBN13: 9781459749955
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"