Gordie Howe's son : a Hall of Fame life in the shadow of Mr. Hockey / Mark Howe, with Jay Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Mark.

Contributor:

Greenberg, Jay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Howe, Gordie, 1928-.

Howe, Gordie.

Howe, Mark, 1955-.

Howe, Mark.

Fathers and sons--United States.

Fathers and sons.

Hockey players--United States--Biography.

Hockey players.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Triumph Books, [2013]

Summary:

Mark Howe emerged from the shadow cast by his iconic father Gordie to achieve greatness. In this autobiography, he vividly describes his unparalleled experiences. A U.S. Olympic silver medalist at age 16, and a member of the Memorial Cup champion Toronto Marlboros, Howe went on to play seven seasons alongside his father, Gordie, and brother, Marty, for the WHA's two-time champion Houston Aeros and New England and Hartford Whalers before becoming a four-time NHL All-Star with the Philadelphia Flyers. Howe, elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011, recounts the joys and travails endured by the

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Wayne Gretzky; Prologue; Ch. 1 Gifts from Mom and Dad; Ch. 2 Growing Up Fast; Ch. 3 A Silver Lining; Ch. 4 The Marlies and Me; Ch. 5 On Top of the World in Houston; Ch. 6 The Summit of Frustration; Ch. 7 Disconnected in Connecticut; Ch. 8 The Net Result: Goodbye, Hartford; Ch. 9 Flying Low; Ch. 10 Sudden Death; Ch. 11 The Two-Minute-and-26-Second Lifetime; Ch. 12 The Little Person with the Blowtorch; Ch. 13 Home Groan; Ch. 14 Glory Days in Hockeytown; Ch. 15 Colleen and Gordie; Ch. 16 Nothing for Granted

EpilogueAcknowledgments; Index; Photo Gallery

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 8, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62368-367-X

OCLC:

861559459