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Maurice Richard: The Most Amazing Hockey Player Ever (Amazing Stories)

by Chris Robinson

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Maurice Richard was the greatest hockey player of the 20th century. He was also the most popular and respected hero of French-speaking Canadians. His career paralleled the dramatic changes that occurred in Quebec after the Second World War, when the Quebecois people asserted their equality and their rights. This new biography of Richard records his incredible career as a hockey player. It traces the connections between his successes on the ice and the growing self-confidence of the French-speaking people of Quebec.… (more)
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"Maurice Richard the man is a hockey hero, a legend. Maurice Richard the sports biography attempts to put this legend into the context of the young Canadian nation. A few generations after Richard, young sports enthusiasts may not even know his name, never mind his significance. This biography attempts to address that knowledge gap, but does so imperfectly."

Complete review appears in RESOURCE LINKS Vol. 17, Issue 4 (April 2012), p. 35
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Maurice Richard was the greatest hockey player of the 20th century. He was also the most popular and respected hero of French-speaking Canadians. His career paralleled the dramatic changes that occurred in Quebec after the Second World War, when the Quebecois people asserted their equality and their rights. This new biography of Richard records his incredible career as a hockey player. It traces the connections between his successes on the ice and the growing self-confidence of the French-speaking people of Quebec.

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