Hockey Dreams: Memories of a Man Who Couldn't Play
by David Adams Richards
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0385256078
- ISBN 13
- 9780385256070
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About This Item
With a voice as Canadian as winter, David Adams Richards reflects on the place of hockey in the Canadian soul.
The lyrical narrative of Hockey Dreams flows from Richards' boyhood games on the Miramichi to heated debates with university professors who dare to back the wrong team. It examines the globalization of hockey, and how Canadians react to the threat of foreigners beating us at our game.
Part memoir, part essay on national identity, part hockey history, Hockey Dreams is a meditation by one of Canada's finest writers on the essence of the game that helps define our nation.
Synopsis
David Adams Richards is an award-winning author of both fiction and non-fiction. His meditation on the joys of fly-fishing, Lines on the Water , published by Doubleday Canada, won the Governor General's Award in 1998. His previous non-fiction book with Doubleday Canada, Hockey Dreams , was a national bestseller. As a novelist, Richards is best known for his Miramichi trilogy: Nights Below Station Street (1988), winner of the Governor General's Award; Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace (1990), winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award; and For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down . His novel The Bay of Love and Sorrows , published in 1998, received widespread critical acclaim.
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- Bookseller
- Eureka Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6057
- Title
- Hockey Dreams: Memories of a Man Who Couldn't Play
- Author
- David Adams Richards
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385256078
- ISBN 13
- 9780385256070
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1996
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