Why I didn't say anything : the Sheldon Kennedy story / Sheldon Kennedy ; with James Grainger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Sheldon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexually abused teenagers--Canada.

Sexually abused teenagers.

Sexual abuse victims--Canada--Biography.

Sexual abuse victims.

Hockey players--Canada--Biography.

Hockey players.

Kennedy, Sheldon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Insomniac Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 1 million for Canadian Red Cross sexual abuse programs, and Kenned

Contents:

DEDICATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-280-91116-6

9786610911165

1-4593-0060-2

1-897415-09-5

OCLC:

476048605