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The Boy in Number Four Buy The Book - The Boy in Number Four - Chapters - Amazon.com From The Publisher: “The Boy in Number Four had a passion and a dream … to one day be a player on a big league hockey team.” It takes hard work and dedication to make it to the big league, but those aren’t the only things that are important. Respect, determination and the sheer thrill of the game brought Bobby Orr from a small northern town in Canada to one of the best teams in the NHL. Using Bobby Orr and his journey as a model, The Boy in Number Four celebrates the game of hockey—from backyard rinks to the big leagues. A book for hockey enthusiasts of all ages!

Much of the hockey book hubbub these days is about  Bobby Orr's autobiography, Orr: My Story . But Orr isn't the only former NHL defenseman who is the subject of a book in 2013. Here's a look at some others: Gordie Howe's Son: A Hall of Fame Life In The Shadows Of Mr. Hockey by Mark Howe (with Jay Greenberg)  -  Growing up in the shadows of a famous father can never be easy. But when you are an aspiring hockey player and your father is the greatest player the game has ever known, it must be a dark, dark shadow. Mark Howe, with the help of Jay Greenberg, tells us all about that shadow, his dad Gordie Howe, and his own Hall of Fame life in hockey in his autobiography. Buy The Book:  Amazon.ca  -  Chapters  -  Amazon.com   Heart of the Blackhawks: The Pierre Pilote Story by Pierre Pilote with L. Waxy Gregoire and David M. Dupuis. When the ghosts of hockey's past reminisce about the 1960 Chicago Blackhawks, they almost alwa...

Bobby Orr may be hockey's greatest player. He is also incredibly shy and fiercely protective of his image. So when news broke that he was coming out with his own autobiography - Orr: My Story - I was not too excited by it. Buy The Book:  Amazon.ca  -  Chapters  -  Amazon.com Said Orr in a Boston Globe  interview   "I'm like most people in that over time I've wanted to write down my thoughts, make sense of many things I've seen, and share some things I've learned. Having played in the National Hockey League doesn't make me a better person than anyone else but it does mean that I've met some interesting people and been through some experiences I think are worth putting on paper. This moment in my life seems the right time to do just that." For those of us who have followed Orr over the years, you know this is very much Orr's story as he wants it to be told. There is not much earth shattering material in this book, aside from an interes...

There has been much hullabaloo over the past numbers of days about the release of Bobby Orr's autobiography, Orr My Story . But it is not the only new book on Orr to be hitting store shelves this month. In 2012 Sports Illustrated released an interesting collection of magazine articles over the years on Wayne Gretzky . In 2013 they follow the blueprint with Number Four Bobby Orr Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Starting with his jump from the Oshawa Generals to the NHL's Boston Bruins, Sports Illustrated began in-depth coverage of the career of Bobby Orr, a player who remains, over thirty years after his retirement, one of the greatest hockey players of all time. Orr's autobiography may be the preferred choice for some, as it is his story as he tells it. However long time Bobby Orr observers know that Bobby is an incredibly private man who has been fiercely protective of his image. His own book will surprise no one as the squeaky clean story th...

Bobby Orr interviewed by Peter Mansbridge Bobby Orr interviewed by George Stroumboulopolous And, just for fun, Bobby Orr interviewed by Don Cherry back on his 1980s show "Grapevine," followed by his interview with Elliotte Friedman at the 2010 Winter Classic

Canada's top newsman Peter Mansbridge of CBC's The National sat down with Bobby Orr, arguably Canada's top hockey player. It is  a rare gem of an interview  as Bobby opens up about many topics. A major reason for the interview is Bobby Orr is releasing his autobiography this week.  Buy The Book:  Amazon.ca -  Chapters  -  Amazon.com

On Thanksgiving Monday (Happy Thanksgiving, Canada) Peter Mansbridge of CBC's The National interviews none other than the great Bobby Orr. Here's a sneak peak: Mansbridge also offers this behind the scenes look at the interview:

From Quill and Quire : Hockey legend Bobby Orr will commit his life to paper in an autobiography that explores both his sports career and personal life. Orr: My Story  will be published by Penguin Canada’s Viking imprint in October. In a press release, Orr is quoted as saying: I’m like most people in that over time I’ve wanted to write down my thoughts, make sense of many things I’ve seen, and share some things I’ve learned. Having played in the National Hockey League doesn’t make me a better person than anyone else but it does mean that I’ve met some interesting people and been through some experiences I think are worth putting on paper. This moment in my life seems the right time to do just that. Orr: My Story was acquired by Penguin Canada associate publisher Nick Garrison and will be published simultaneously in the U.S. by Penguin’s G.P. Putnam’s Sons imprint. Here's the full story . Please note: the above cover image is not the cover image for this upcom...

I was surprised to see Stephen Brunt's latest book Searching for Bobby Orr out on paperback already. It is also available in hardcover , and later in 2007 it will be available in mass-market paperback . Brunt's biography was the class of the 2006-07 hockey book season, bar none. I am a notoriously slow reader, but I devoured this book in only a couple of days. It is a super-easy read but retains the high literary quality that escapes so many hockey biographical books. A super job by Mr. Brunt , one of Canada's top hockey journalists, and beautifully designed by the folks at Knopf Canada and Random House . Searching for Bobby Orr is the perfect title. Everyone knows of Bobby Orr , but so few actually know him. This book allows readers from every generation to find out for themselves who Bobby Orr, hockey player and, to a lesser degree, person, was. Brunt represents a generation that grew up idolizing Orr. I've seen reviews from that generation which suggest the book of...