The stick: a history, a celebration, an elegy
Canadian non-fiction, Sports and games, Hockey
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Consider the London schoolteacher whose basement is a treasure trove of old sticks, the Calgary handyman who turns broken ones into children's furniture, or the NHL owner whose rec room floor is made of hockey sticks. The hockey stick, from… the earliest ones carved from tree-roots by the Mi'kmaqs of Nova Scotia to today's scientifically precise models, is an iconic symbol of the place that gave it birth, a tangible bit of Canadian culture, a link to Canada's past. Dowbiggin introduces us to the people and legends of the distinctly Canadian stick. 2001.