100 Grey Cups: This Is Our Game by Brunt, Stephen - 2012-09-20

McClelland & Stewart. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

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McClelland & Stewart, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2012. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. (xvii) 204 pp. Black boards lettered in silver on the spine; headband; decorated endpapers. Illustrated in colour and in black and white. The Contents are: Foreword by Mark Cohon; Introduction: Our Game, Our Stories; The Building of a Legacy; The Yanks Are Coming; Keeping the Home Fires Burning; The First Grey Cup; Tough as Steel; West Coast Rising; O, Canada; Commitment fo Excellence; The Argos Bounce Back; Baltimore, Canada; The Montreal Renaissance; and Rider Pride; followed by an epilogue and appendices: Year-by-Year Grey Cup[ Results; All-time Grey Cup Standings; Grey Cup Coaches; Grey Cup Awards; Grey Cup Officials; Grey Cup Team Records; Grey Cup Individual Records; and an index..

A tight, clean, and unmarked copy-" This country and its people are made of the same hardy stuff that makes our game and our league. The Grey Cup has helped unite our country for 100 years now. And it has revealed us, built our pride and sense of Canadianness in annual tributes to effort, sweat and toil. But what do 100 years of history and cultural relevance add up to? When we Canadians look at the Grey Cup, we see far more than a gleaming football trophy; we see a reflection of ourselves. After its first years as an amateur challenge cup, the Grey Cup would go on to be awarded to the best football team in Canada, with Western challengers traveling back east to fall at the hands of the more established Toronto teams. That is until a group of frustrated Winnipeggers paid an enormous sum during the Depression to buy up star players and bring the cup west for the first time. Following this, the games became about the pride of the country, East versus West, and the national identity fought over the… Read More

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart 978-0-7710-1744-5 [978-0-7710-1744-5] 2012, 1st printing. (4to) 204pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Color-illustrated endpapers, black and white and color illustrations and photographs, appendices, index. (Sports, Canadian Football League, Football--Canada, Grey Cup).

McClelland & Stewart, 2012-09-20. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!