In this bestselling timeless classic, Peter Gzowski recounts the 1980-81 season he spent travelling around the NHL circuit with the Edmonton Oilers. These were the days when the young Oilers, led by a teenaged Wayne Gretzky, were poised on the edge of greatness, and about to blaze their way into the record books and the consciousness of a nation. While the story of the early Oilers embodies the book, The Game of Our Lives is much more than a retelling of one season in the life of an NHL team. Unlike any book ever written ...
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In this bestselling timeless classic, Peter Gzowski recounts the 1980-81 season he spent travelling around the NHL circuit with the Edmonton Oilers. These were the days when the young Oilers, led by a teenaged Wayne Gretzky, were poised on the edge of greatness, and about to blaze their way into the record books and the consciousness of a nation. While the story of the early Oilers embodies the book, The Game of Our Lives is much more than a retelling of one season in the life of an NHL team. Unlike any book ever written in the annals of hockey, Gzowski beautifully weaves together the anatomy of a modern NHL team with the magnificent history of the game to create one of the best books about hockey in Canada. Here are the great teams and the great players through the ages--Morenz, Richard, Howe, Orr, Hull--the men whose rare and indefinable genius on the ice exemplified the speed, grit and innovation of the game. The Game of Our Lives is the best book on the Canadian passion for hockey; a wondrously perceptive account of the hold the game has on Canadians. --Jack Granatstein, The National Post
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Add this copy of The Game of Our Lives to cart. $9.40, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd.
Add this copy of The Game of Our Lives to cart. $9.40, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd.
Add this copy of The Game of Our Lives to cart. $12.07, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by McClelland & Stewart.
Add this copy of The Game of Our Lives to cart. $12.07, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by McClelland & Stewart.
Add this copy of The Game of Our Lives to cart. $13.86, good condition, Sold by Orion Tech rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Arlington, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by McClelland & Stewart.
Add this copy of The Game of Our Lives to cart. $15.47, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by McClelland & Stewart.
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Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Add this copy of The Game of Our Lives to cart. $17.59, fair condition, Sold by KimmiesCollection rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Maryville, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by McClelland & Stewart.
Add this copy of The Game of Our Lives to cart. $58.95, good condition, Sold by RareNonFiction rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ladysmith, BC, CANADA, published 1981 by McClelland & Stewart.
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Good in Fair dust jacket. 0771037414. 278 pages. Author spent the 1980-81 NHL season with the upstart Edmonton Oilers. As the team gained power and confidence, fueled by the dazzling skills of Wayne Gretzky, Gzowski was with them, chronicling the anatomy of a modern hockey team as it spun from triumph to loss and back. Books is unmarked and shows moderate wear with minor lean to spine. Pages partially yellowed. Dust jacket, which bears photo of Gretzky, is missing large chunk from top of front panel as well as a variety of smaller chips. Solid copy.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; The Game of Our Lives Hockey 278 pages. Author spent the 1980-81 NHL season with the upstart Edmonton Oilers. As the team gained power and confidence, fueled by the dazzling skills of Wayne Gretzky, Gzowski was with them, chronicling the anatomy of a mo.
Add this copy of The Game of Our Lives to cart. $59.00, very good condition, Sold by Olmstead Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Port Dover, ON, CANADA, published 1981 by McClelland and Stewart.
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Very Good in Good but Torn DJ. Cream and brown boards and letters. The endpapers are brown. Signed by author on the title page. FIRST EDITION. DJ has five tears to one inch and a quarter inch chip on the rear panel. 278 pages.
Add this copy of The Game of Our Lives-Signed By Wayne Gretzky to cart. $459.00, fair condition, Sold by RareNonFiction rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ladysmith, BC, CANADA, published 1981 by McClelland & Stewart.
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Fair in Fair dust jacket. 0771037414. 278 pages. Signed and inscribed by "Wayne" (Wayne Gretzky) upon front free endpaper. This copy includes the uncommon variant dust jacket which features front panel colour photo of Wayne Gretzky tying his skates. "Chronicles the anatomy of the upstart Edmonton Oilers during the 1980-81 NHL season as they gained power and confidence, fueled by the dazzling skills of Wayne Gretzky and buoyed by the astonishing realization that they might win the Stanley Cup."-from dust jacket. Above-average wear to book and dust jacket. Dust jacket now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An uncommon Gretzky collectible from the early Oiler days when he took the NHL by storm.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Hockey Canada Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club NHL Wayne Gretzky 1980-81 The Great One; Signed by Author(s)
