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The Lost Dream: The Story Of Mike Danton, David Frost, And A Broken Canadian Family

by Steve Simmons

Penguin Group Canada | September 20, 2011 | Hardcover

 

Mike Jefferson started out as a suburban kid who dreamed of making it to the NHL, with parents determined to do anything and everything to make their son's dream come true. So how did this promising young man's hockey career turn into a harrowing crime story played out in sensational news reports?
 
Coach and agent David Frost fast-tracked Jefferson's route to the NHL, but at a staggering cost. Along the way, the affable young man turned against his parents, changed his name to Danton, and descended into a spiral of paranoia and violence that finally cut short the career he had sacrificed everything for when he was arrested for conspiracy to commit murder.
 
In this fast-paced and gripping story, veteran hockey journalist Steve Simmons digs beneath the surface to answer questions that have left Canadians shocked and fascinated. How did Frost get such a grip on Danton and his family? How did Frost work himself into such a position of trust in the world of minor hockey? What exactly was Danton's relationship with Frost? And who was it that Danton hired a hitman to kill-his father or his agent?
 
Full of the insights from one of Canada's most-trusted hockey columnists, who is intimately familiar with both minor hockey and the big leagues, The Lost Dream is the story of the dark side of our fascination with a game Canadians love.

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    Geraldine Osborne

    Rating: 5/5

    A must read

    Geraldine Osborne

    3 months ago

    Unable to stop reading. An unbelieveable story of betrayal, brainwashing, menace, lying. David Frost should be hung at the closest tree, or at least thrown in jail the door never to open. The evil destruction he has cut has destroyed more people than even the author knows about. Oh, don't forget the grusome sex served up as he forced young players and their girlfriends to participate in what can only be described as sodom. The author did a fantastic job!

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    Laurence Pilson

    Left me feeling sick and empty. The depravity of the story is almost unecessary to be told. Both Frost and Danton (????) should be cretainly be strung up and never allowed around the game again. Of course we know that won't happen. A sad tale of human garbage... don't waste your money.

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    Guylaine Fauvel

    Rating: 5/5

    WOW

    Guylaine Fauvel

    7 months ago

    Couldn't put it down!! All kind of emotions while reading this book. Sad to see someone so brainwashed, and still to this day. Heartbreak for the family. Well David Frost, sociopath, sick, twisted, manipulative and well just plain disgusting as a human being. This man should be put away and throw away the key!!!!!

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