99 : stories of the game

Gretzky, Wayne 1961- (author.). Day, Kirstie McLellan, (author.).

Summary: For the first time, Gretzky discusses candidly what the game looks like to him and introduces us to the people who inspired and motivated him: mentors, teammates, rivals, the famous and the lesser known. Weaving together lives and moments from an extraordinary career, he reflects on the players who inflamed his imagination when he was a kid, the way he himself figured in the dreams of so many who came after; takes us onto the ice and into the dressing rooms to meet the friends who stood by him and the rivals who spurred him to greater heights; shows us some of the famous moments in hockey history through the eyes of someone who regularly made that history. Warm, direct, and revelatory, it is a book that gives us number 99, the man and the player, like never before.

Record details

ISBN: 9780735232648 (paperback)
Physical Description: xv, 400 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 23 cm
regular print
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Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Penguin, 2018.
Copyright: ©2016.