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A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs & The Rise of Professional Hockey
Stephen Harper brings alive the history of hockey's first decades and pays passionate tribute to the earliest star players of the game.
An entertaining and original look into the history of Canada's national pastime, A Great Game draws on extensive archival records and illustrations, histories of the sport, and newspaper files to create a comprehensive picture that will captivate fans from start to finish.
"Harper has written a finely detailed history of the struggle between professionalism and amateurism in early 20th-century Ontario hockey." -- The New York Times