Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.9620973
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Crown
Manufacturer: Crown
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: January 11, 2005
Publishing house: Crown
Release Date: January 11, 2005
Sale Popularity Level: 443513
Studio: Crown
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This evocative account of the improbable American adventure in Lake Placid explores the untold stories of the U.S. upstarts, their Soviet opponents, and the forces that brought them together. Award-winning sportswriter Coffey casts a fresh eye on this seminal sports event, giving readers an ice-level view of the boys who captivated a country.
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The book mainly covers the U.S. hockey team's amazing upset of the powerful USSR team, but also provides the background story of just about everybody involved. I'll never forget that game, and reading about it brought back the excitement of that night. I found myself almost cheering outloud when I read about the great plays.
There will never be another Olympic story like this, because now the games are dominated by pro teams. We have "dream teams" instead of teams full of kids who would dream of doing what just about everybody thought was impossible.
The background stories are great and give you a better understanding of what was going on in and before the games to get these guys to the point where they were able to pull off this amazing run.
I don't know of any hockey fan who wouldn't like this book.
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Gave this book to my husband for his birthday he read it in 2 days. He said it was one of the best written books about the USA 1980 Team.
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The book is 288 pages with extremely wide margins. To tell this story properly the book should be in the 400-500 page range. I wanted to know more about the American players, the ones who brought home the gold as well as those who, like Her Brooks in 1960, were among the last cuts. What were their feelings after "The Miracle" knowing that they had been that close to being a part of it. I wanted to know more about Brooks himself. His relationship with his wife and kids, did he ever get tired of talking about the 1980 games? I wanted to know more about the Russian players. Is the loss still talked about in Russia? How long did it take the players and hockey in the Soviet Union to get over the upset?
All of these subjects were touched upon, but that's the point--they were only touched upon and nothing was delved into completely so as to peel away layers of a more interesting story.
The 1980 U.S. hockey team is one of my favorite subjects. I found the team back then, and still find their achievement today, a tremendous source of inspiration. I just didn't learn very much new about them in this book.
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The 1980 Olympic hockey game between USA and USSR was the kind of event that you remember where you were, when we won. This book takes you back to that special time, that could be considered a turning point for US/USSR relations. After reading the book, I bought 2 DVDs. The movie about the game and the HBO documentary on the same subject. All were completely enjoyable.
We'll probably never have a team like the young amateurs that played for our country just because the loved the game. ....a special book about some special kids and their coach.
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this book is without a doubt the best book i've read on the 1980 usa hockey team . outstanding in every way. mr. coffey takes you inside the locker room of both teams and inside the lives of most usa players .
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