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This celebration of the Chicago Blackhawks, one of the revered "Original Six" NHL teams, provides a detailed history from their beginnings in 1926 through their six Stanley Cup wins, as well as various ownership and home rink changes. A...

"Shut Out is a hockey love story. But it was a love that was unrequited. Born in Montreal, Bernie Saunders had a passion for playing hockey in his boyhood, teens and into his twenties. And yet, stymied at every turn, he faced a malevolence that...

"Born in Canada to parents who emigrated from the Caribbean, P.K. Subban is a remarkable athlete and role model. A talent on the ice, playing for some of the best teams in the NHL, P.K. has set records and won the Norris Trophy, the highest honour...

A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.

"Discusses the history of slavery in North America, the lives of enslaved people, changing attitudes toward slavery in Canada and finally the law that made it illegal to enslave people."--