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We the North : Canada's Team: 25 Years of the Toronto Raptors by Doug Smith (2021, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Canada
ISBN-100735240388
ISBN-139780735240384
eBay Product ID (ePID)22050076098
Product Key Features
Book TitleWe the North : Canada's Team: 25 Years of the Toronto Raptors
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
TopicCanada / General, Basketball, History
GenreSports & Recreation, History
AuthorDoug Smith
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Doug Smith always gets the first question in any Raptors press conference--as the dean of our press corps, he's been in the front row for every development over the past 25 years. There's no one better placed to write a history of our team's first quarter century." --Nick Nurse , head coach, Toronto Raptors "Very rarely in the business of professional sports a coach and sports writer can become friends! Doug is that rare person, because of his integrity and his reputation for the truth. I didn't always agree with him, but I never thought or felt his opinions were personal. As a professional coach that's all you can ask for. Doug was that writer. I have the utmost respect for him as a writer and a man." --Sam Mitchell , former head coach, Toronto Raptors "There's no better person to write a book on the Raptors than Doug! He's seen the high and lows of the organization in every way! I look forward to reading this tremendous masterpiece!" --Damon Stoudamire , first Raptors draft pick "If anyone in Toronto can say they've seen it all and been [with the Raptors] every step of the way it's Doug Smith." -- Breakfast Television , CityTV "If you're a basketball fan, this book will be a slam dunk. . . . We the North takes readers on a twenty-five-year journey from the birth of the Raptors franchise all the way to its championship season in 2019. Smith recounts all the big moments and key players that helped transform this team from the relative obscurity of its early days into one of Canada's most successful and popular teams." -- Everything Zoomer "An apt and loving take on a team that has built its own identity and represents the city of Toronto better than any other major sports entity, despite a comparative lack of history and tradition. That the Raptors had to fight the entire way, while being overlooked and underestimated on both sides of the border, just makes this story that much more rewarding." --Quill & Quire
SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER Bringing Jurassic Park to your home, a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Canada's most exciting team. When the Toronto Raptors first took the court back in 1995, the world was a very different place. Michael Jordan was tearing up the NBA. No one had email. And a lot of people wondered whether basketball could survive in Toronto, the holy city of hockey. Twenty-five years later, the Raptors are the heroes not only of the 416, but of the entire country, and their incredible story is told here by Doug Smith, the Toronto Star reporter who has been covering the team since the press conference announcing Canada's new franchise and the team's beat reporter from that day on. Comprising twenty-five chapters to mark the team's twenty-five years, We the North celebrates the biggest moments of the quarter-century--from Vince Carter's amazing display at the dunk competition to the play-off runs, the major trades, the Raptors' biggest fans, including Nav Bhatia and Drake, and, of course, the challenges that marked the route to the championship-clinching Game 6 that brought the whole country to a standstill. Smith charts the Raptors' rise from a sporting oddity in a hockey-mad country to their status today as the reigning NBA champions and national heroes.
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