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The stone thrower : a daughter's lessons, a father's life / Jael Ealey Richardson. --
Jael Ealey Richardson writes about her father, Chuck Ealey, a Canadian Football League star.
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- ISBN: 1771022051 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781771022057 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xv, 239 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)
- Publisher: Toronto : Thomas Allen Publishers, c2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-239). |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 24.95 |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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A daughter discovers herself while uncovering her fatherâs legendary past in football.
At the age of thirty, Jael Ealey Richardson travelled with her father â former CFL quarterback Chuck Ealey â for the first time to a small town in southern Ohio for his fortieth high school reunion. Knowing very little about her fatherâs past, Richardson was searching for the story behind her fatherâs move from the projects of Portsmouth, Ohio to Canadaâs professional football league in the early 1970s. At the railroad tracks where her father first learned to throw with stones, Jael begins an unexpected journey into her familyâs past.
In this engaging father-daughter memoir, Richardson records some of her fatherâs never-before told stories: his relationship with his absentee father, memories of his high school and college football victories â including a winning record that remains unbroken to this day â and his up-and-down relationship with the woman he would one day marry.
As Richardson begins unravelling the story of her fatherâs life, she begins to compare her own childhood growing up in Canada, with her fatherâs US civil rights era upbringing. Along the way, she also discovers the real reason â despite his athletic accomplishments â her father was never drafted into the National Football League.
The Stone Thrower is a moving story about race and destiny written by a daughter looking for answers about her own black history. Using insightful interviews, archival records and her personal reflections, Richardsonâs journey to learn about her fatherâs past leads her to her own important discoveries about herself, and what it really means to be black in Canada. - Midpoint Books
A daughter discovers herself while uncovering her father’s legendary past in football.
At the age of thirty, Jael Ealey Richardson travelled with her father — former CFL quarterback Chuck Ealey — for the first time to a small town in southern Ohio for his fortieth high school reunion. Knowing very little about her father’s past, Richardson was searching for the story behind her father’s move from the projects of Portsmouth, Ohio to Canada’s professional football league in the early 1970s. At the railroad tracks where her father first learned to throw with stones, Jael begins an unexpected journey into her family’s past.
In this engaging father-daughter memoir, Richardson records some of her father’s never-before told stories: his relationship with his absentee father, memories of his high school and college football victories – including a winning record that remains unbroken to this day – and his up-and-down relationship with the woman he would one day marry.
As Richardson begins unravelling the story of her father’s life, she begins to compare her own childhood growing up in Canada, with her father’s US civil rights era upbringing. Along the way, she also discovers the real reason – despite his athletic accomplishments – her father was never drafted into the National Football League.
The Stone Thrower is a moving story about race and destiny written by a daughter looking for answers about her own black history. Using insightful interviews, archival records and her personal reflections, Richardson’s journey to learn about her father’s past leads her to her own important discoveries about herself, and what it really means to be black in Canada. - Univ of Toronto Pr
A daughter discovers herself while uncovering her father’s legendary past in football.
At the age of thirty, Jael Ealey Richardson travelled with her father — former CFL quarterback Chuck Ealey — for the first time to a small town in southern Ohio for his fortieth high school reunion. Knowing very little about her father’s past, Richardson was searching for the story behind her father’s move from the projects of Portsmouth, Ohio to Canada’s professional football league in the early 1970s. At the railroad tracks where her father first learned to throw with stones, Jael begins an unexpected journey into her family’s past.
In this engaging father-daughter memoir, Richardson records some of her father’s never-before told stories: his relationship with his absentee father, memories of his high school and college football victories – including a winning record that remains unbroken to this day – and his up-and-down relationship with the woman he would one day marry.
As Richardson begins unravelling the story of her father’s life, she begins to compare her own childhood growing up in Canada, with her father’s US civil rights era upbringing. Along the way, she also discovers the real reason – despite his athletic accomplishments – her father was never drafted into the National Football League.
The Stone Thrower is a moving story about race and destiny written by a daughter looking for answers about her own black history. Using insightful interviews, archival records and her personal reflections, Richardson’s journey to learn about her father’s past leads her to her own important discoveries about herself, and what it really means to be black in Canada. - Univ of Toronto Pr
The Stone Thrower is a moving story about race and destiny written by a daughter looking for answers about her own black history.
