How Hockey Explains Canada: The Sport That Defines a Country

by Paul Henderson and Jim Prime

Book Overview

The role of hockey in Canada serves as a national identity, a unifying force in a country of 33 million people. So crazed are Canadians for their national sport that they ranked outrageous hockey commentator and high school drop-out Don Cherry ahead of Alexander Graham Bell on a list of the greatest Canadians in history. Penned by hockey star Paul Henderson-famed scorer of Canada's "Greatest Goal" in the 1972 Summit Series-and featuring a foreword...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1600785751
• ISBN13: 9781600785757
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 10.1"