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Orr: My Story
by Orr, Bobby
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399161759
- ISBN 13
- 9780399161759
- Seller
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Sewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. The image provided is the actual book I'm offering for sale. No markings or damage to any pages. No sunning. No clips. Structure of the book (covers, binding, spine, hinges) is tight and free of damage. Page block is nice and square. Cut pages. Additional photos will be provided upon request to ensure the quality and integrity of your book purchase.
Synopsis
One of the greatest sports figures of all time breaks his silence in a memoir as unique as the man himself. He has never written a memoir, authorized a biography, or talked to journalists about his past, but now he is finally ready to tell his story. Bobby Orr is often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game of hockey. From 1966 through the mid-seventies, he could change a game just by stepping on the ice. No defenseman had ever played the way he did, or received so many trophies, or set so many records, several of which still stand today. But all the brilliant achievements leave unsaid as much as they reveal. They don’t tell what inspired Orr, what drove him, what it was like for a shy small-town kid to suddenly land in the full glare of the media. They don’t tell what it was like when the agent he regarded as a brother betrayed him and left him in financial ruin. They don’t tell what he thinks of the game of hockey today. He is speaking out now because “I am a parent and a grandparent and I believe that I have lessons worth passing on.” Orr: My Story is more than a book about hockey—it is about the making of a man.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Dusty Bookcase
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0005406
- Title
- Orr: My Story
- Author
- Orr, Bobby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. 290 pp.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Fourth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399161759
- ISBN 13
- 9780399161759
- Publisher
- Putnam Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Pages
- 290
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Nonfiction, Biography, Hockey, Sports, Memoir, Canada
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Sports; Non-fiction; Canada; Memoir; Hockey;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Dusty Bookcase
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Sewell, New Jersey
About The Dusty Bookcase
The Dusty Bookcase is an online bookstore that was founded in April of 2016. We have a great collection of first editions, first printings, autographed books and publications, out of print books, classics, antiques and collectibles. As avid bibliophiles, we take much pride in the quality and integrity of the books we offer for sale. Our books are varied and diverse. We believe we have a great collection of books that we take great care of, and take pride in owning. Every dust jacket is gently cleaned with a surface safe spray gel. Photographs are taken of the actual books we offer for sale, and every book is stored on a bookshelf. We're always on the lookout for the next great book to peek inside and offer for sale. Our goal is to have you, our valued customer, pleasantly surprised by the quality and integrity of your book purchase. We want every current and future customer to enjoy purchasing books from us, as much as we enjoy having the books to offer for sale.
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