Remembering Herbie: Celebrating the Life and Times of Hockey Legend Herb Brooks [Paperback]

Ross Bernstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2003

Pays tribute to the great Minnesota hockey coach.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Bernstein Books (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963487167
• ISBN-13: 978-0963487162
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #589,564 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the interviews and recollections of Brooks friends and family, December 15, 2007

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This review is from: Remembering Herbie: Celebrating the Life and Times of Hockey Legend Herb Brooks (Paperback)

I've had this book since it was published, and still find myself drawn to it. It's not a "masterpiece" from an editorial perspective, but the reflections and memories of the people who knew Herb Brooks, and understand what he meant to the game, are worthy of any true hockey fan.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save Your Money, July 11, 2005

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This review is from: Remembering Herbie: Celebrating the Life and Times of Hockey Legend Herb Brooks (Paperback)

I have previously purchased a Ross Berstein book ("Gopher Hockey by the Hockey Gopher") and found that to be an entertaining read. Not so with this offering

All Berstein seems to have done is find some of Herb's friends, turned on his tape recorder and then transcibe their comments, verbatim. The print is too small, the words and thoughts are redundant and the small paperback has the look and feel of a self-published work, which it is.

The range of interviewees is tiny compared with the breadth of Brooks' life and all the interviews sound the same. There were a few pictures of young Herbie the player. Those are fairly interesting, but I found myself a little disappointed with this offering.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I wish it were a better book, November 12, 2006

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This review is from: Remembering Herbie: Celebrating the Life and Times of Hockey Legend Herb Brooks (Paperback)

In the book, author Bernstein notes that he writes 5 books a year. It shows. His books are poorly written: full of irritating grammar and spelling mistakes and lacking even the most basic story development.
It's a shame Brooks wouldn't play the big NY publisher game--get an agent and find a talented ghost writer to work with on a memoir--or work with an established sports journalist on a well-researched, thoughtful biography. This book is just a collection of random thoughts from Brooks' friends and family. Many of them say interesting things, but without a persistent interviewer to ask the follow-up questions, few of the anecdotes yield much new insight.