Title:
Freedom to win : a Cold War story of the courageous hockey team that fought the Soviets for the soul of its people--and Olympic gold / Ethan Scheiner.
ISBN:
9781639363513
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Books, [2023]
©2023
Physical Description:
x, 406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Prologue: Replay of a lost war -- Part I: From winter to spring. The butcher shop on thin ice -- Enormous fish on a tiny pond -- The boys from Brod in Army Town -- Poking the bear -- The Prague spring -- Part II: They're here. Invasion -- On fire -- You send tanks, we bring goals -- Blacked out stars -- Part III: The return to winter. Quashed -- Crossing the line -- Up, up, and...away -- Part IV: Children of the occupation. Training to go -- Homebound -- Inspiration for a generation -- 89 is 68 turned upside down and backwards -- Part V: The people of whom we know nothing. The wild, wild West -- Nagano -- Epilogue: Too good to be denied.
Summary:
"At the height of the Cold War, a group of small-town men led their Czechoslovakian hockey team against the powerful Soviet team. At the same time, they inspired their nation's resistance to a Soviet invasion, finding a way to fight back against the authoritarian forces seeking to crush their society. At the heart of this story is the Holík family, who loved hockey and desired freedom." -- Publisher.
OCLC Number:
on1330895979
Availability:
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
