| Author: | Ross Brewitt | ISBN: | 9780987970220 |
| Publisher: | Cartman Ross Publising | Publication: | December 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ross Brewitt |
| ISBN: | 9780987970220 |
| Publisher: | Cartman Ross Publising |
| Publication: | December 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
~~ A cross-country best-seller upon release in 1993, Last Minute of Play, was the author’s second book, and a breakthrough title, receiving positive critical acclaim, more for its story-telling writing style rather than the admitted celebrity of the players, coaches, GM’s, and owners depicted in the book. To underscore that premise, here is the author’s favourite quote of many from those early days after the release. It came from the Toronto Star’s revered columnist, the late Jim Proudfoot, who wrote “… he’s done what I thought impossible – come up with a host of fresh anecdotes. Excellent hockey book? Ross Brewitt’s memoirs.”
Based on personal experiences with the subjects, the book features insider interviews and conversations with the games leading figures, all of whom experienced their last minute of NHL play. No longer constrained by active participation or team inhibitions, the chapters are a direct, candid, and often are a droll and comical look at the tough and sometimes cruel game as seen by the author and friends.
Based on Brewitt’s personal experiences gained around the NHL as a writer since 1969, the roster includes Bobby Hull, Eddie Shack, Harold Ballard, both Phil and Tony Esposito, Dave Keon, Don Cherry, and 20 other chapters on the people who forged our national pastime.
With the departure of Stoddart from the Canadian publishing scene, Last Minute of Play, and the sequel, Into the Empty Net, have been unavailable and out of print since 1998, making them sought after collector’s titles, and recognized as “must have” editions in any hockey fan’s collection.
Last Minute of Play, with an add-on 20 year look-back piece by the author, launches the two-book Kobo series at the way hockey was, and as some insist, how it should be.
~~ A cross-country best-seller upon release in 1993, Last Minute of Play, was the author’s second book, and a breakthrough title, receiving positive critical acclaim, more for its story-telling writing style rather than the admitted celebrity of the players, coaches, GM’s, and owners depicted in the book. To underscore that premise, here is the author’s favourite quote of many from those early days after the release. It came from the Toronto Star’s revered columnist, the late Jim Proudfoot, who wrote “… he’s done what I thought impossible – come up with a host of fresh anecdotes. Excellent hockey book? Ross Brewitt’s memoirs.”
Based on personal experiences with the subjects, the book features insider interviews and conversations with the games leading figures, all of whom experienced their last minute of NHL play. No longer constrained by active participation or team inhibitions, the chapters are a direct, candid, and often are a droll and comical look at the tough and sometimes cruel game as seen by the author and friends.
Based on Brewitt’s personal experiences gained around the NHL as a writer since 1969, the roster includes Bobby Hull, Eddie Shack, Harold Ballard, both Phil and Tony Esposito, Dave Keon, Don Cherry, and 20 other chapters on the people who forged our national pastime.
With the departure of Stoddart from the Canadian publishing scene, Last Minute of Play, and the sequel, Into the Empty Net, have been unavailable and out of print since 1998, making them sought after collector’s titles, and recognized as “must have” editions in any hockey fan’s collection.
Last Minute of Play, with an add-on 20 year look-back piece by the author, launches the two-book Kobo series at the way hockey was, and as some insist, how it should be.
