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Publisher:Yellow Dog, 2020
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- Author: Rosner, AnnaDate:Created2020Summary:
Journeyman is a first-person biography of Ojibwe right-winger Jamie Leach, son of the legendary NHL superstar Reggie Leach. Follow the fascinating hockey trajectory from his childhood years watching his father play for Philadelphia Flyers, to Jamie's first goal in the NHL. Journeyman touches on Jamie's summers on Lake Winnipeg, the World Junior Hockey Championships, his life in the minor leagues, and his eventual draft into the NHL as a Pittsburgh Penguin. Discover how some of hockey's biggest stars such as Bobby Clarke, Jaromir Jagr, and Mario Lemieux influenced Jamie's life. Written in close consultation with Jamie and his mother, readers will learn about the struggles Jamie conquered, including his father's alcoholism and his own crippling self-doubt. A story of determination, heartbreak and perseverance.
Subject(s): Biography | Canada | Hockey players | Juvenile literature | Leach, Jamie | Native hockey playersOriginal Publisher: Winnipeg, MB, Yellow DogLanguage(s): EnglishISBN: 9781773370552, 1773370553Collection(s)/Series: Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection
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