99: Stories of the Game by Wayne Gretzky
First Printing, First Edition Hardcover
Auto-Pen Signed by Wayne Gretzky
PLEASE NOTE: damaged copy/ dust jacket tear, bumped on end
One of the greatest sports figures of all time salutes his heroes and takes us inside the game as few others can.
From minor-hockey phenomenon to Hall of Fame sensation, Wayne Gretzky
rewrote the record books, his accomplishments becoming the stuff of
legend. Dubbed “The Great One,” he is considered by many to be the
greatest hockey player who ever lived. No one has seen more of the game
than he has—but he has never discussed in depth just what it was he saw.
For the first time, Gretzky discusses candidly what the game looks like
to him and introduces us to the people who inspired and motivated him:
mentors, teammates, rivals, the famous and the lesser known. Weaving
together lives and moments from an extraordinary career, he reflects on
the players who inflamed his imagination when he was a kid, the way he
himself figured in the dreams of so many who came after; takes us onto
the ice and into the dressing rooms to meet the friends who stood by him
and the rivals who spurred him to greater heights; shows us some of the
famous moments in hockey history through the eyes of someone who
regularly made that history.
Warm, direct, and revelatory, it is a book that gives us number 99, the man and the player, like never before.