STRAIGHT UP AND PERSONAL - The World According to Grapes
by Cherry, Don
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385681089
- ISBN 13
- 9780385681087
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2014. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 202 pp. Quarter-bound in black on black boards; lettered in red on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Lessons Learned; Afghanistan; Sochi 2014; Musings; The Good Old Days; Hockey Today; and The 2014 Stanley Cup Finals..
Synopsis
A high school dropout from Kingston, Ontario, DON CHERRY laced up with the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears in 1954 to begin what would be nearly a two-decade playing career. The 20-year-old rookie would jump to a number of minor league teams in the United States and Canada over the course of his 16 years on the ice, bringing his young family with him on more than 50 moves. After being fired from his role as Coach of the Boston Bruins in 1979 Cherry went on to coach the Colorado Rockies for one unsuccessful season. A chance appearance on Hockey Night in Canada impressed CBC officials enough for them to create a platform for the bombastic ex-player and coach. "Coach's Corner" would go on to court both controversy and high ratings, as hockey fans rushed to their televisions to take in his singular mix of game analysis, cultural commentary and playful parrying with host Ron MacLean. Cherry has parlayed his broadcast success into a line of popular videos, a chain of restaurants, a syndicated radio show and lucrative endorsements. In addition to these ventures he has spent the past few years raising funds for Rose Cherry's Home for Kids, a hospice for terminally-ill children. Named after his beloved wife, who died of cancer in June 1997, Don Cherry has passionately campaigned for the Milton, Ontario, hospice.
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 218203
- Title
- STRAIGHT UP AND PERSONAL - The World According to Grapes
- Author
- Cherry, Don
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385681089
- ISBN 13
- 9780385681087
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2014
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- nhl; national hockey league; professional sports; boston bruins;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports - Hockey; Autobiography and Biography;
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
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