THE KNIGHTS OF WINTER
Hockey in British Columbia: 1895–1911
Craig H Bowlsby
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Before the NHL, before the Pacific Coast League, British Columbia was vibrant with ice hockey. Everything would stop when a big game was played. Who were the players, the fans, and what did it all mean to them? How did rules evolve in those formative years, and how did events then influence the hockey we know today? This exhaustively researched book includes the names of over 3,000 early participants and details the amazing careers of the Patrick brothers in Nelson before they left for the coast to start the PCL in 1911.
SPORTS / BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORY
Hardcover in slipcase / B&W photos / 412 pages / 7.25" x 10.25"
Limited edition of 500 signed copies
Dust Jacket Design: Gary Wilcox
ISBN: 0-9691705-4-8 $85 US/CDN




HOCKEY: Play-By-Play
 Around the NHL with Jim Robson
Jason Farris
For most hockey fans, the out-of-town scoreboard is as close as they ever get to experiencing a game in another NHL city. Luckily, Hall of Fame broadcaster Jim Robson was there for thirty years to deliver NHL play-by-play over the airwaves. Fans will remember Jim's familiar mid-game "hello to hospital patients and shut-ins" who couldn't get out to the rink. This book welcomes all you fans who couldn't get out to the road games around the NHL. You will be transported back to Jim's most memorable night in each NHL city
AWARD NOMINATION
Hockey: Play by Play — Around the NHL with Jim Robson by Jason Farris is a finalist for the "Book of the Year Award" (Sports category) sponsored by ForeWord magazine.
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SPORTS / HOCKEY
Soft Cover with flaps / 10" x 10" / 120 pages
Granville Island Publishing
ISBN 0-9739016-1-6 / $37.95 US / $44.95 CDN
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WESTWOOD
Everyone's Favourite Racing Circuit
Tom Johnston
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The story of Coquitlam’s famous track, those who built it, ran it and raced there for 32 seasons by the author of Sports Car Road Racing in Western Canada, who took part in 300 races himself.
Westwood was legendary . . . and Tom is the perfect person to write about it.
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 Jacques Villeneuve
Indy 500 and Formula One Champion
CAR RACING / VANCOUVER
Hardcover / Colour / 128 pages / 11" x 8.5"
Granville Island Publishing
Book and Cover Design: Tom Johnston with Gary Wilcox
Deluxe Leather-bound Limited Edition
with slipcase ISBN: 1-894694-50-3 $300
sc ISBN: 1-894694-49-x $54.95




THE SPEEDIEST LAND TRAVELLER
 A History of Alberta Auto Racing
Richard McDonell
Automobile racing, the world’s fastest sport, began almost as soon as the first cars were built. It developed and thrived in the Province of Alberta, far removed from the world power centres of racing. Former race driver Richard McDonell spins a story of the heroes and geniuses who built and raced cars against the best on the planet, and of the developers, politicians, promoters and wheeler-dealers who gave them places to practise.
At times hilarious and others tragic, this book paints a memorable portrait of an exciting sport and the century of change in which it grew. This is must-have book for anyone with an interest in auto racing or Alberta history.
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Calgary Sun (2MB pdf)
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Red Deer Advocate (6.3MB pdf)
Edmonton Journal (105K pdf)
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MOTORSPORT/ ALBERTA HISTORY
Paperback / 6” x 9” / 320 pages
ISBN 1-894694-35-X
$27.95 CDN / $22.95 US



Sports Car
ROAD RACING
In Western Canada
Tom Johnston
Compiled by a man who has been involved in professional and amateur racing for over 40 years, this book is an invaluable historical study of sports car road racing in Western Canada. After racing at more than 50 facilities, Tom Johnston visited many more in BC and the prairies to document and photograph the lost race tracks, the failed attempts to build new tracks, and the still operating tracks. This book includes Johnston's exploration of racing tracks built over WWII airfields and a detailed look at the long tradition of amateur home built "specials."
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MOTOR SPORT / WESTERN CANADA
Granville Island Publishing
ISBN 1-894694-19-8 / $100.00 US / $120.00 CDN