The Stick: A History, a Celebration, an Elegy - Softcover

Dowbiggin, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551991004 ISBN 13: 9781551991009

Verlag: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 2002

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ckey stick. You hold an iconic symbol of the place that gave it birth, a tangible bit of Canadian culture, a link to Canada’s past. From the earliest one-piece sticks, carved from tree roots by the Mi’kmaqs of Nova Scotia, to the two― and three―piece models turned out in small towns in Ontario and Quebec, to the composite models now produced with scientific precision by Easton, the stick has always reflected something distinctly Canadian. Today it has become "cyber-product," globally sourced, anonymously produced, and expertly marketed.

As sporting tool, as weapon, and as cultural artifact, the stick is a part of Canadian history. Consider the London schoolteacher whose basement is a treasure trove of old sticks. The Calgary handyman who turns broken sticks into kids’ furniture. The NHL owner whose rec room floor is made of hockey sticks. The artist who sculpts oversized sticks out of granite. Dowbiggin introduces us to Stan Mikita, who invented th

Biografía del autor:

Bruce Dowbiggin’s work in radio and television has twice won him the Gemini Award for excellence in sports broadcasting. His book, Of Ice and Men (MW&R 1998) was hailed by the Globe and Mail, Calgary Herald, CBC TV and Radio, TVO, and sports talk shows. He lives in Calgary with his wife and their three children.
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• Verlag: Macfarlane Walter & Ross
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1551991004
• ISBN 13: 9781551991009
• Einband: Tapa blanda