They called me Chocolate Rocket / John Paris, Jr. with Robert Ashe.
They called me Chocolate Rocket / John Paris, Jr. with Robert Ashe.
Alternate Title
:
They called me Chocolate Rocket : the life and times of John Paris, Jr., hockey's first Black professional coach
Chocolate Rocket : the life and times of John Paris, Jr., hockey's first Black professional coach
By
:
Paris, John, Jr.
Publication Date
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2014
Publication Information
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Halifax, N.S. : Formac Publishing Company Limited
Physical Description
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272 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Black Canadian hockey players -- Biography.
Hockey players -- Canada -- Biography.
Hockey players -- Atlantic Provinces -- Biography.
Hockey coaches -- Canada -- Biography.
Hockey coaches -- United States -- Biography.
Black people -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.
Additional Contributors
:
Ashe, Robert.
Summary
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The story of a young Black Nova Scotian who dazzled and dominated on the ice In the ultra-competitive junior hockey leagues in the early 1960s, often facing racism on and off the ice. It took courage. The story of John's life from his childhood in the Curry's Corner section of Windsor, Nova Scotia, where he was rated one of the top junior prospects in Eastern Canada and scouted by the legendary Scotty Bowman, to his eventual decision to coach, beginning with the Montreal-area minor systems and on to the pro ranks with the IHL's Atlanta Knights.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781459503311
General Note
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Includes index.
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number |
|---|
| Corner Brook | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 796.962092 P22 |
| Gander | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 796.962092 P22 |
| St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT NFIC - BASEMENT | Adult Non-Fiction - Basement | 796.962092 P22 |