Going for the Gold: How the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Won at Lake Placid

by Tim Wendel

Book Overview

Three decades later, the "Miracle on Ice" still captures imaginations around the world and causes American hearts to swell with pride. This is the thrilling true story of how a ragtag team of collegiate and amateur athletes united in the shadow of the Cold War to defeat the seemingly invincible Soviet ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Author Tim Wendel, a lifelong hockey fan, began following the U.S. team a year before their Olympic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486474615
• ISBN13: 9780486474618
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.6"