Customer Reviews

Wing. . . and a Hero!: The Steve Yzerman Story

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When I saw "A Wing and a Hero" was published by 1st Books, a web-based publisher for first-time authors, I figured I'd get a copy and support an aspiring writer like myself. Besides, being a huge fan of Steve Yzerman since he first came to Detroit in 1983, I'm always on the lookout for new books about him and the Red Wings. I was not prepared to be sorely disappointed.

This book is awful. It's poorly written, poorly organized and definitely not worth the money. In the acknowledgements, Mr. Morrison states that he sent a copy of the transcript to Steve Yzerman, hoping to get his okay to call it an authorized biography. He didn't get it and it's no wonder - this book is a disaster.

I own several books about Steve and the Red Wings, and I would recommend any of them over "A Wing and a Hero," including Bruce Dowbiggin's "Of Ice and Men," even with all its inaccuracies. If you'd like to read a well-written, authorized biography of Steve, get Shelly Lazarus' "Hockeytown Hero." Yes, it's written more or less for kids, but it's good and probably the best Yzerman biography out there.

I've given "A Wing and a Hero" one star, only because Amazon.com's system won't let me give it less than that.

I would have bought this anyway, just because I collect all Yzerman things. That's the only reason.

I was extremely disappointed. It's obviously just a compilation of everything he could find that had already been used. I don't think I saw anything in the book that I didn't already know. The kids he talks about in the book are ones 'like' the children Yzerman visited. It's pretty obvious the guys never actually spoke to Yzerman or the kids he visited. The only pic of Yzerman that I can recall is a small black and white that I've seen several times before. I think he was just trying to use Yzerman's name to sell his book.

I would recommend any other Yzerman book over this one.

I prefer 'Heart of a Champion' myself.

This book was very inspiring and it is good to know that there is still a hero out there in the likes of Steve Yzerman. I really enjoyed reading A Wing And A Hero and would recommend it to other readers.