Why I didn't say anything : the Sheldon Kennedy story /
In 1996, Sheldon Kennedy rocked the insular world of Canadian hockey by announcing that his former minor-league coach, Graham James the Hockey News 1989 Man of the Year had sexually abused him more than 300 times. The media portrayed Kennedy as a hero for breaking the code of silence in professional...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
Insomniac Press,
©2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In 1996, Sheldon Kennedy rocked the insular world of Canadian hockey by announcing that his former minor-league coach, Graham James the Hockey News 1989 Man of the Year had sexually abused him more than 300 times. The media portrayed Kennedy as a hero for breaking the code of silence in professional hockey and bringing James to justice. The heroic myth intensified in 1998 when Kennedy announced that he was going to in-line skate from Newfoundland to British Columbia to raise awareness of sexual abuse. The skate raised over |
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Notas: | Includes index. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations |
ISBN: | 1897178077 9781897178072 9781459300606 1459300602 9781897415092 1897415095 |