{"product_id":"book-dy89","title":"We the North","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Doug Smith always gets the first question in any Raptors press conference--as the dean of our press corps, he's been in the front row for every development over the past 25 years. There's no one better placed to write a history of our team's first quarter century.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Nick Nurse, head coach, Toronto Raptors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBringing Jurassic Park to your home, a celebration of Canada's most exciting team.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Toronto Raptors first took the court back in 1995, the world was a very different place. Michael Jordan was tearing up the NBA. No one had email. And a lot of people wondered whether basketball could survive in Toronto, the holy city of hockey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than two decades later, the Raptors are the heroes not only of the 416, but of the entire country. That is the incredible story of \u003ci\u003eWe the North\u003c\/i\u003e, told by Doug Smith, the \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e reporter who has been covering the team since the press conference announcing Canada's new franchise and the team's beat reporter from that day on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComprising twenty-five chapters to mark the team's first twenty-five years, \u003ci\u003eWe the North\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the biggest moments--from Vince Carter's amazing display at the dunk competition to the play-off runs, the major trades, the Raptors' incredible fans, including Nav Bhatia and Drake, and, of course, the challenges that marked the route to the championship-clinching Game 6 that brought the whole country to a standstill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe the North: 25 Years of the Toronto Raptors\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Canada's most exciting team, charting their rise from a sporting oddity in a hockey-mad country to the status they hold today as the reigning NBA champions and national heroes.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49326630338864,"sku":"BDdy89","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/358488-dy89-Square.jpg?v=1733646972","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dy89","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}