Читать книгу Hope and Heartbreak in Toronto. Life as a Maple Leafs Fan онлайн

3 страница из 85

We all know how that turned out, and as painful as the lost 2011–12 season became, it meant that there would never be a better time to examine the sheer extent of emotions experienced when you’re a Leafs fan. There have been many quality books and stories written about the hockey team, but they tend to reflect the journalists’ take on the various goings-on at Air Canada Centre. The intent of this book is to provide a fan’s perspective on the joys, as few as there have been, and overwhelming angst involved in following the team. To that end, none of the traditional methods of covering a hockey team were followed in putting together this book. Instead, I assumed the vantage point of a fan sitting in Air Canada Centre, not in its press box. To me, and I would hope that readers also feel this way, that’s a key difference.

That said, many people deserve a heartfelt thank-you for helping me with the completion of this book.

First, to the staff at Dundurn, many thanks to you for taking a chance on a first-time author, but most of all for the professionalism and expertise in finishing the project. Like Dundurn, my agent Brian Wood rolled the dice with a neophyte. He was an immense help in getting the ball rolling.