{"product_id":"brass-bonanza-plays-again-how-hockeys-strangest-goon-brought-back-mark-twain-and-a-dead-team-and-made-a-city-believe-paperback","title":"Brass Bonanza Plays Again: How Hockey's Strangest Goon Brought Back Mark Twain and a Dead Team--And Made a City Believe - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Muldoon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a major league pro sports team leaves a city? The Hartford Whalers left on April 13, 1997--leaving behind devastated fans. The players left, too--except one who stayed and suffered like the fans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiger Burns is an unlikely hero--even for a hobbit-sized, smash-faced, hockey goon with 600 fights. Standing 5'3\", with one-eye, cauliflower ears, and a full-rigged ship tattoo on his chest, his most unusual feature is this: he loves Hartford and its team, the Whalers. In a league where players date super models, ice princesses and Miss Americas, he is a misfit. But in a league of Los Angeles, New York and Boston so is Hartford. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrass Bonanza Plays Again tells the riches-to-rags story of Mark Twain's hometown, once the nation's richest, now the butt of jokes. It relates the true saga of a small city's beloved team moved away, like Brooklyn's Dodgers. And it weaves the tragicomic tale of the muscle-bound gnome who blows the jump-the-shark game against arch-rival Boston on April 11, 1990, lives homeless under a bridge, only to rise up and lead a dead team, out of the stands onto the ice. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiger rallies not only a dead hockey team, but awakens the ghosts of Hartford's past. He brings to life a ragtag band of 19th century legends and is saved by a guardian angel Rube Waddell, one of sport's \"goats\" from the 1905 World Series. Can a one-eyed, homeless underdog make a faded city believe and rescue a star-crossed spirit? In Brass Bonanza Plays Again, we have Rocky (on Skates!) meets Field of Dreams. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRocky came out of a Philly row house, Rudy out of an Indiana steel mill, and now Tiger Burns comes out from under a Hartford bridge to bring a dead team to life. A book of provincial aspirations and condescension, Brass Bonanza Plays Again tells the story of this small city, midway between New York and Boston, long considered just a urine-stop or ass-wipe between Wall Street and Cape Cod. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New York Times recently printed an essay \"In Search of the Great American Hockey Novel\" lamenting that hockey, unlike other sports, has yet to be celebrated in a notable work. \"Where is the Chekhov of the Chicago Blackhawks?\" the Times asks. \"Who is the Stendahl of the stick to the groin?\" To that, we humbly say: read on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470095696050,"sku":"9781450281058","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/8f88f38081e1c8501d08ba2f867fd2bf.webp?v=1779087425","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/brass-bonanza-plays-again-how-hockeys-strangest-goon-brought-back-mark-twain-and-a-dead-team-and-made-a-city-believe-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}