Summit Series '72: Eight games that put Canada on top of world hockey (Lorimer Recordbooks). This item is unavailable.Summit Series '72: Eight games that put Canada on top of world hockey (Lorimer Recordbooks)

Chronicles the history of the epic 1972 Summit Series which was intended to settle the score on whether the Canadians or the Soviets had the world's best hockey team.

."..well-written, well-suited to the intended audience and ideal for recreational reading...The sidebars dealing with politics give a brief history of the relations between the Soviet Bloc and the West during the post Second World War period. This is accurate and interesting and useful to young readers who may never have heard of Communism or the Soviet Union. They should provoke some interesting questions....his style is perfect for the targetted audience."--Thomas F. Chambers"CM: Canadian Review fo Materials" (11/11/2011)

"Not only was "Summit Series" a lesson in Canadian hockey history, it was a lesson in Cold War history. Like many of the books in the RecordBooks series, Brignall and his editors used text boxes to call out interesting information as well as to explain less familiar concepts."--Rebecca Dobrinski"thehockeywriters.com" (11/25/2011)

.".. a good introduction for new generations of fans looking to learn about one of hockey's most important events."--Joe Pelletier "hockeybookreviews.com "

"The writing is accessible for intermediate level students but the text would also be a good starting point for high school assignments dealing with identity/heritage in 20th century courses."--George Sheppard"Canadian Teacher" (01/15/2014)

..".well-written, well-suited to the intended audience and ideal for recreational reading...The sidebars dealing with politics give a brief history of the relations between the Soviet Bloc and the West during the post Second World War period. This is accurate and interesting and useful to young readers who may never have heard of Communism or the Soviet Union. They should provoke some interesting questions....his style is perfect for the targetted audience."--Thomas F. Chambers"CM: Canadian Review fo Materials" (11/11/2011)

..". a good introduction for new generations of fans looking to learn about one of hockey's most important events."--Joe Pelletier "hockeybookreviews.com "

"Not only was Summit Series a lesson in Canadian hockey history, it was a lesson in Cold War history. Like many of the books in the RecordBooks series, Brignall and his editors used text boxes to call out interesting information as well as to explain less familiar concepts."--Rebecca Dobrinski"thehockeywriters.com" (11/25/2011)

-...well-written, well-suited to the intended audience and ideal for recreational reading...The sidebars dealing with politics give a brief history of the relations between the Soviet Bloc and the West during the post Second World War period. This is accurate and interesting and useful to young readers who may never have heard of Communism or the Soviet Union. They should provoke some interesting questions....his style is perfect for the targetted audience.---Thomas F. Chambers-CM: Canadian Review fo Materials- (11/11/2011)

-... a good introduction for new generations of fans looking to learn about one of hockey's most important events.---Joe Pelletier -hockeybookreviews.com -

-Not only was Summit Series a lesson in Canadian hockey history, it was a lesson in Cold War history. Like many of the books in the RecordBooks series, Brignall and his editors used text boxes to call out interesting information as well as to explain less familiar concepts.---Rebecca Dobrinski-thehockeywriters.com- (11/25/2011)