The Red Wings (Brian McFarlane's Original Six) [Hardcover]

Brian McFarlane (Author), Ted Lindsay (Foreword)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Stoddart (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0773731164
• ISBN-13: 978-0773731165
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,339,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great History of Red Wings!, October 27, 1999

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This review is from: The Red Wings (Brian McFarlane's Original Six) (Hardcover)

Another great book by Brian McFarlane. Nice entries on Gordie Howe,Steve Yzerman and Vladimir Konstantinov. Recommended for Wings and hockey fans alike. A book that can be read over and over again. Go Wings!!

5.0 out of 5 stars The Red Wings- Brian McFarlane's Original Six, September 17, 2010

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Nobody writes better hockey stories than Brian McFarlane. Nobody. Each one of Brian's books of The Original Six,(The Habs, The Leafs, The Bruins, The Rangers, The Blackhawks, and The Red Wings), tells us what it was like during The Original Six era, and then continues with their histories into the more modern era of the NHL. Brian threads each titled chapter with a series of catchy titled stories that have significant historical moments filled with colorful characters from owners to players and everything in between, usually proving that fact is always stranger than fiction. If you're a true fan of professional hockey and want to know more of how it all began, then you'll be thrilled with every facet of Brian's historical, and often hysterical storytelling of the world's fastest sport on ice. Steven S.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fan's Classic, July 19, 2008

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Bernard Chapin "Ora Et Labora!" (CHICAGO! USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Red Wings (Brian McFarlane's Original Six) (Paperback)

I just reread this one last month and enjoyed it. I dug it out due to feeling a little sentimental after the Stanley Cup victory. I was in the mood for nostalgia and it delivered. McFarlane has written a concise, easily digestible history of the world's greatest hockey team (in my highly partisan view). It should appeal to every Red Wings fans and perhaps other fans as well if they appreciate the Original Six. The narrative ends with the 1998 Cup Victory, but luckily, thanks to Mr. Babcock, Mr. Zetterberg and their crew, the author will have excellent reason to update it. Thank God!