Golly Gee--It's Me!: The Howie Meeker Story [Hardcover]

Charlie Hodge (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 331 pages
• Publisher: Stoddart; First Edition edition (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0773729771
• ISBN-13: 978-0773729773
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,257,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent biography of one of hockey's all-star characters., August 22, 2001

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Dr P D Treacher (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golly Gee--It's Me!: The Howie Meeker Story (Hardcover)

A truly wonderful book for any fan of the great Canadian game. It tells the life story of Howie Meeker, one time war veteran, politician, winger, coach and very briefly manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, not to mention broadcaster and seminal teacher of the game.

His remarkable career with all its ups and downs is related in an honest and humble manner, giving much insight into how the game developed during the 1940/50s. Included are a host of anecdotes about the great hockey figures of the day, not least of which are some very enlightening accounts of the "character" that was Conn Smythe and his treatment of successive Leafs coaches.

This biography is very well written with an entertaining, informative and intelligent style that makes it a superb read for those new and old to hockey.