The book “Edmonton Grads: 25 years of basketball
championships, 1915-1940” is a commemorative book about the Edmonton Commercial
Grads women’s basketball team. It is also a book of records. The intended
audience for this book is for any person who is interested in learning about
the greatest North American basketball team of all time. The purpose of this
book is to provide an extremely detailed historical biography of the Edmonton
Grads basketball team, including records and pictures. The main message the
author is trying to portray is that this basketball team is the greatest
basketball team of all time and should not be forgotten. The Grads still hold
records that have not yet been beat by any other basketball team, for that, the
Grads should be forever acknowledged and remembered.
Prior to reading this book, I had a basic knowledge of the Edmonton Grads team and the coach. This book far exceeded any expectations I had of the book. I expected the book to state the same information I had read on websites, but the book went into far more detail than I would have ever imagined. The book provided the details about the team such as games played, scores of games, struggle for opponents and scrambling for money to pay for basketball trips which allows us as readers to better grasp how truly amazing this basketball team really was.
The author first provides an introduction of the Grads in which a very detailed overview of the team is written. The book then provides a record of victories in which there are numerous provincial and national championships, international games and exhibition games. Olympic team pictures are illustrated. There is a summary of games played, then statistics of games points and averages. There is a list of team members and when each member played, and pictures of reunions the Grads had over the years. The coach John Percy Page also has a section written about him and lastly, which I thought was a great touch, was a letter of thanks from the Grads in 1974.
I really enjoyed reading this book; it was very detailed and interesting providing good information and lots of pictures. The part of the book I liked the most was the letter from the Grads; I thought it put a nice personal touch on the book. I have learned tonnes more information about the Grads and their immense success from reading and I am very glad I did. There was lots of information provided that surprised me, such as the Grads being a women’s team play a lot of men’s teams as they found it hard to find opponents. Also, I wasn’t aware that women’s basketball was an exhibition sport for four consecutive Olympics before it became an Olympic sport. Until women’s basketball became an Olympic sport the winners were not awarded medals, meaning that for the 27 games the Grads won at the Olympics they were awarded nothing. I also loved how Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, was included and provided his thoughts on this basketball team. This book is a great read and I strongly recommend it to any basketball fan, or any person who can appreciate such great success of a sport team.
Prior to reading this book, I had a basic knowledge of the Edmonton Grads team and the coach. This book far exceeded any expectations I had of the book. I expected the book to state the same information I had read on websites, but the book went into far more detail than I would have ever imagined. The book provided the details about the team such as games played, scores of games, struggle for opponents and scrambling for money to pay for basketball trips which allows us as readers to better grasp how truly amazing this basketball team really was.
The author first provides an introduction of the Grads in which a very detailed overview of the team is written. The book then provides a record of victories in which there are numerous provincial and national championships, international games and exhibition games. Olympic team pictures are illustrated. There is a summary of games played, then statistics of games points and averages. There is a list of team members and when each member played, and pictures of reunions the Grads had over the years. The coach John Percy Page also has a section written about him and lastly, which I thought was a great touch, was a letter of thanks from the Grads in 1974.
I really enjoyed reading this book; it was very detailed and interesting providing good information and lots of pictures. The part of the book I liked the most was the letter from the Grads; I thought it put a nice personal touch on the book. I have learned tonnes more information about the Grads and their immense success from reading and I am very glad I did. There was lots of information provided that surprised me, such as the Grads being a women’s team play a lot of men’s teams as they found it hard to find opponents. Also, I wasn’t aware that women’s basketball was an exhibition sport for four consecutive Olympics before it became an Olympic sport. Until women’s basketball became an Olympic sport the winners were not awarded medals, meaning that for the 27 games the Grads won at the Olympics they were awarded nothing. I also loved how Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, was included and provided his thoughts on this basketball team. This book is a great read and I strongly recommend it to any basketball fan, or any person who can appreciate such great success of a sport team.
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