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The break away : the inside story of the Wirtz family business and the Chicago Blackhawks
- Title
- The break away : the inside story of the Wirtz family business and the Chicago Blackhawks / Bryan Smith ; foreword by Tony Esposito.
- Author
- Smith, Bryan, 1961-
- Publication
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Esposito, Tony (Hockey player)
- Description
- xv, 205 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The remarkable story of how Rocky Wirtz, scion of a Chicago business and sports dynasty, defied his family and skeptics to take the Chicago Blackhawks from "worst to first."
- Series Statement
- Second to none: Chicago stories
- Uniform Title
- Second to none: Chicago stories.
- Alternative Title
- Breakaway
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Foreword / by Tony Esposito -- Prologue: A good burger -- A legacy of boos -- Worse than it seemed -- King Arthur -- "Real estate, skates, and fists" -- Fathers and sons -- The son also rises -- Wirtz family values -- Bill grabs the puck -- The penalty box -- Free fall -- The passing of Dollar Bill -- Meet the new boss -- The ex-Cub factor -- A change of channel -- Resurrection -- A tough call -- What it feels like to be a Wirtz -- What just happened? -- The breakaway.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-577
- ISBN
- 9780810138889
- 0810138883
- OCLC
- 1055658878
- Author
- Smith, Bryan, 1961- author.
- Title
- The break away : the inside story of the Wirtz family business and the Chicago Blackhawks / Bryan Smith ; foreword by Tony Esposito.
- Publisher
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Second to none: Chicago storiesSecond to none: Chicago stories.
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- Added Author
- Esposito, Tony (Hockey player), writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-577