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Lace up : a history of skates in Canada /

Title

Lace up : a history of skates in Canada / Jean-Marie Leduc with Sean Graham and Julie Léger.

Author

Leduc, Jean Marie,

Publication

Victoria : Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd., [2017]
©2017

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Description

136 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 23 cm

Summary

A charmingly illustrated history of the humble skate and its place in Canadian cultural identity. Drawing from his own collection of over 350 pairs of historical skates, as well as archival photos and illustrations, world-renowned skate expert Jean-Marie Leduc takes the reader on a journey through the history and development of this humble device and traces its role in our national imagination.

Subjects

Skating > Equipment and supplies > History
Speed skating > Equipment and supplies > History
Figure skating > Equipment and supplies > History
Skates > Social aspects > Canada > History
Skates > Canada > History
National characteristics, Canadian
Hockey > Equipment and supplies > History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136).

Contents

Hitting the ice -- Early skates -- Figure skates -- Speed skates -- Hockey skates -- The final lap.

ISBN

9781772032277
1772032271

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library