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- Title
- The Roaring Game: A Sweeping Saga of Curling
- Author
- Clark, Doug
- Publisher
- Key Porter Books
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1552639444
- ISBN 13
- 9781552639443
Harking back to Scotland in the 16th century, curling is an increasingly popular game in which two teams of four players slide stones over a stretch of ice toward a target circle. As Open Ice explains, the sport's attraction is that anyone can play it, whether young, old, average Joe, or superstar athlete. This lively book explores the genesis and growth of curling from humble origins in stream-beds centuries ago to its present status as an Olympic sport and cult favorite. In surveying curling's wide history, author Doug Clark includes a fascinating range of the many and often unusual places ? such as James Bond and Beatles movies ? it appears. Clark takes readers behind the scenes at the Olympics, explores the giddy highs and tragic lows of momentous moments in curling history, and introduces an unforgettable array of eccentric curlers, including ?The King of Swing, noted for his dancing prowess and ?swing ice that makes rocks curl wildly.
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Synopsis
This work is an appealing social history of curling that explains why 'the roaring game' has become a roaring success both here in Canada and around the world. Curling thrives as the only sport where men and women can compete equally in the same forum and by the same rules, where rank amateurs can play competitively against the sport's elites, where anyone from nine to ninety can get involved. Curling blends sport, tradition, lifestyle, health, and camaraderie around the single most important rule of the game, marked by the three Cs: Curling Cheats Confess. In that regard, curling isn't just a way of life - it's a pretty good foundation for living life. Touching on the history, highlights, humour, and even horrors of curling, Doug Clark focuses on the Canadian innovations that helped popularise the sport worldwide and hoist it onto the silver screen and Olympic gold.
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