The Riverton Rifle

The Riverton Rifle
Author: Reggie Leach
Publsiher: Greystone Books
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2015-10-10
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781771641388

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“It all comes down to making the right life choices,” says the NHL’s legendary Reggie Leach, and this intimate biography lays bare the decisions that led him to become one of the best snipers in hockey history. Nicknamed the Riverton Rifle for his thrilling speed and deadly shooting skills, Leach overcame a childhood marked by poverty and racism to rise through the NHL, playing for the Stanley Cup-winning 1975 Philadelphia Flyers. Through Leach’s own recollections, The Riverton Rifle traces his trajectory from humble beginnings to NHL stardom, and follows the dramatic fall caused by his drinking problem and his subsequent rebirth as a successful businessman, family man, and pillar of the Aboriginal community.

The Riverton Rifle

The Riverton Rifle
Author: Reggie Leach
Publsiher: Greystone Books Ltd
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2015
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781771641371

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Autobiography of First Nations athlete Reggie Leach, who was a star hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Guns of the South

The Guns of the South
Author: Harry Turtledove
Publsiher: Del Rey
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2011-04-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780307792358

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"It is absolutely unique--without question the most fascinating Civil War novel I have ever read." Professor James M. McPherson Pultizer Prize-winning BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM January 1864--General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower. Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: Its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantitites to the Confederates. The name of the weapon is the AK-47.... Selected by the Science Fiction Book Club A Main Selection of the Military Book Club

I Am Nobody

I Am Nobody
Author: Greg Gilhooly
Publsiher: Greystone Books Ltd
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2018-03-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781771642460

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”I Am Nobody is an honest, tragic account of child sexual abuse and a powerful resource for individuals struggling with recovery. Gilhooly clearly highlights the shortcomings of the Canadian justice system’s approach; hopefully, one day, the punishment will fit the crime." —Sheldon Kennedy, former NHL player and author of Why I Didn't Say Anything In this raw, unflinching look at how his dream of playing hockey was stolen from him by charismatic hockey coach and sexual predator Graham James, Greg Gilhooly describes in anguishing detail the mental torment he suffered both during and long after the abuse and the terrible reality behind the sanitized term “sexual assault.” Although James has been convicted of sexually assaulting some of his victims, including Sheldon Kennedy and Theo Fleury, he neither confessed in court nor was convicted of sexually assaulting many of his other victims, including Gilhooly, depriving him of the judicial closure he craved. Gilhooly also provides a valuable legal perspective—as both a victim and a lawyer—missing from other such memoirs, and he delivers a powerful indictment of a legal system that, he argues, does not adequately deal with serial sexual child abuse or allocate enough resources to the rehabilitation of the victim. Most important, Gilhooly offers hope, affirmation, and inspiration for those who have suffered abuse and for their loved ones.

They Call Me Chief

They Call Me Chief
Author: Don Marks
Publsiher: J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2008
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1897289340

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With a Foreword by Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and endorsements by hockey buffs Elijah Harper and Adam Beach."--pub. desc.

Call Me Indian

Call Me Indian
Author: Fred Sasakamoose
Publsiher: Penguin
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2021-05-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780735240025

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Fred Sasakamoose played in the NHL before First Nations people had the right to vote in Canada. This page turner will have you cheering for 'Fast Freddy' as he faces off against huge challenges both on and off the ice--a great gift to every proud hockey fan, Canadian, and Indigenous person." --Wab Kinew, Leader of the Manitoba NDP and author of The Reason You Walk Trailblazer. Residential school Survivor. First Treaty Indigenous player in the NHL. All of these descriptions are true--but none of them tell the whole story. Fred Sasakamoose, torn from his home at the age of seven, endured the horrors of residential school for a decade before becoming one of 120 players in the most elite hockey league in the world. He has been heralded as the first Indigenous player with Treaty status in the NHL, making his official debut as a 1954 Chicago Black Hawks player on Hockey Night in Canada and teaching Foster Hewitt how to pronounce his name. Sasakamoose played against such legends as Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, and Maurice Richard. After twelve games, he returned home. When people tell Sasakamoose's story, this is usually where they end it. They say he left the NHL to return to the family and culture that the Canadian government had ripped away from him. That returning to his family and home was more important to him than an NHL career. But there was much more to his decision than that. Understanding Sasakamoose's choice means acknowledging the dislocation and treatment of generations of Indigenous peoples. It means considering how a man who spent his childhood as a ward of the government would hear those supposedly golden words: "You are Black Hawks property." Sasakamoose's story was far from over once his NHL days concluded. He continued to play for another decade in leagues around Western Canada. He became a band councillor, served as Chief, and established athletic programs for kids. He paved a way for youth to find solace and meaning in sports for generations to come. Yet, threaded through these impressive accomplishments were periods of heartbreak and unimaginable tragedy--as well moments of passion and great joy. This isn't just a hockey story; Sasakamoose's groundbreaking memoir sheds piercing light on Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows this extraordinary man's journey to reclaim pride in an identity and a heritage that had previously been used against him.

Parliamentary Debates

Parliamentary Debates
Author: New Zealand. Parliament
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 1446
Release: 1909
Genre: New Zealand
ISBN: UCSC:32106019788501

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The New Zealand Official Year book

The New Zealand Official Year book
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 382
Release: 1892
Genre: New Zealand
ISBN: UCAL:B3030615

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