Read The Hockey Scribbler

The Hockey Scribbler

George Bowering

4.9/5 (26300 ratings)

Description:Canada’s former poet laureate looks back at a life lived in literature and hockey fandom Hockey forms the backdrop of our lives. For many Canadians, the big moments — births, deaths, marriages, moves — are all mixed up with the wins and losses of our teams. The voices of Hockey Night in Canada sportscasters are our soundtrack, and visions of skates scraping across the ice lull us to sleep.George Bowering, Canada’s former poet laureate, is no different. Growing up in Oliver, B.C., Bowering was entranced by the kids from Saskatchewan who skated and handled pucks as easily as breathing. His fascination with hockey followed him into adult life, from B.C. to Quebec and back again. Bowering followed his teams with a critical eye and a fan’s passion, and his stories bring us on a cross-country hockey-themed road trip, with occasional forays into boxing, poetry, and sports fashion.Bowering has an encyclopedic knowledge of his subject. He has been an avid and attentive hockey fan since boyhood, and has an extensive catalogue of thoughts and opinions on the personalities and events that populate Canadian hockey history. In The Hockey Scribbler, Bowering brings us along on his richly detailed look back at hockey in Canada since the 1950s.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Hockey Scribbler. To get started finding The Hockey Scribbler, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1770412891

Description: Canada’s former poet laureate looks back at a life lived in literature and hockey fandom Hockey forms the backdrop of our lives. For many Canadians, the big moments — births, deaths, marriages, moves — are all mixed up with the wins and losses of our teams. The voices of Hockey Night in Canada sportscasters are our soundtrack, and visions of skates scraping across the ice lull us to sleep.George Bowering, Canada’s former poet laureate, is no different. Growing up in Oliver, B.C., Bowering was entranced by the kids from Saskatchewan who skated and handled pucks as easily as breathing. His fascination with hockey followed him into adult life, from B.C. to Quebec and back again. Bowering followed his teams with a critical eye and a fan’s passion, and his stories bring us on a cross-country hockey-themed road trip, with occasional forays into boxing, poetry, and sports fashion.Bowering has an encyclopedic knowledge of his subject. He has been an avid and attentive hockey fan since boyhood, and has an extensive catalogue of thoughts and opinions on the personalities and events that populate Canadian hockey history. In The Hockey Scribbler, Bowering brings us along on his richly detailed look back at hockey in Canada since the 1950s.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Hockey Scribbler. To get started finding The Hockey Scribbler, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Hockey Scribbler

The Hockey Scribbler

More Books

Changing on the Fly: The Best Poems of George Bowering

Changing on the Fly: The Best Poems of George Bowering

Caprice (George Bowering's BC History Book 2)

Caprice (George Bowering's BC History Book 2)

George Bowering: Selected Poems 1961-92

George Bowering: Selected Poems 1961-92

Shoot! (George Bowering's BC History Book 3)

Shoot! (George Bowering's BC History Book 3)

George Bowering: Bright Circles of Colour (The New Canadian Criticism Series)

George Bowering: Bright Circles of Colour (The New Canadian Criticism Series)

Burning Water

Burning Water

He Speaks Volumes: A Biography of George Bowering

He Speaks Volumes: A Biography of George Bowering

West window: The selected poetry of George Bowering (Spectrum poetry series)

West window: The selected poetry of George Bowering (Spectrum poetry series)

Teeth: Poems 2006–2011

Teeth: Poems 2006–2011