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Summary: Super Book and a Super Dream...
Review: A wonderfully well-written story about one man's dream to play professional hockey. The stories Mr. Baker tells are so real I find myself crying on one page, hoping on the next, and laughing all in between. His trials and tribulations, failures and successes kept me going emotionally and turning page after page, unable to wait to see what happens next. A truly inspriational story about a man and a dream. I recommend it completely to everyone, even someone who doesn't know anything about hockey.
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Summary: A Great Book!!!!
Review: I covered minor league hockey and have never found a more vivid memoir. This book gives you an insider's look at a fascinating word and it is written with humor, clarity and humanity.Ken Baker should be applauded for this work and it will be enjoyed by hockey fan and non-fan alike.
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Summary: One of the best comeback tales EVER!
Review: Ken Baker did a great job of captivating the reader's attention and holding it throughout. A great expose on minor league hockey and life in general. A motivating, moving and sincere story that will make you think, tear-up and follow your dreams.
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Summary: Honest Writing Triumphs
Review: Ken Baker has lived through the worst life could throw at him and come out on top. I not only have actually read his book, I also work with the team he wrote about and I am able to say that this book is as open and honest as a writer can get. Ken lets his reader see the desire he had to find out what he could accomplish once his illness was in remission and being controlled by medication. He allows you to live with him through his daily battle between depression that he might not get to play and excitement that he might. Ken will draw you in and keep you enthralled to the last page. Well written and deserving of every positive review he has received.
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Summary: Nothing wrong with a dream
Review: Was this the best book ever written on hockey? Of course not but it is a very entertaining read.Now the reviewer from buffalo seems like he has an axe to grind.Yes this may have been low minor league hockey but who of us woundnt persue the same dream if we had the choice.Having worked in minor league hockey I found alot of his stories to ring true and being a former goalie who never got to pursue his dream its nice to sort of live it through someone else.I applaud Mr Baker for his book and for his having the ability to follow his dream.I hope he has continued sucess in what ever he moves on to.Im happy to have read his book and recommend it to any true hockey fan.
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Summary: Good Man Has Dream Come True
Review: You don't have to have read Ken's first book "Man Made" to feel the gut wrenching decisions and sacrafices that Ken made when he decided to put the rest of his life on hold so that he could go for his dream. I was lucky enough to see Ken go through some of the paces that his decision led him through. His patience had to equal his desire to go for his dream. As Ken waited for his chance to play he found a niche in the hearts of the Bakersfield fans who in part lived his dream with him. If Ken makes it sound like it is his last big game in the NHL, it is! Because to him, his wife and to all the Bakersfield Condor's fans-it was that big. The excitement in that final game was tremendous. I feel like I was part of something really special. Ken is witty and wise and shares with the reader behind the scene happenings with the goons, the goofs and also the sadness that comes with injury, age and distance from family and home. I feel like I had a front row seat for the making of this book. I am lucky. Read Ken's book, it will challenge your desire to go for that proverbial dream.
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