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Jonesy: Put Your Head Down and Skate: The Improbable Career of Keith Jones
written by Keith Jones
Studio : Middle Atlantic Press
by Middle Atlantic Press
Publisher : Middle Atlantic Press
Released : 2007-09-25
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780975441985
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 14 reviews)
List Price : $16.95
Our Price : $10.21
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Product Description |
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No one in the history of Philadelphia Sports has made a successful career off of being an average player better than Keith Jones. The improbable hockey career of Jonsey started in 1992, when he was with the Washington Capitals. After a brief stint in Colorado, Keith was traded to Philadelphia, where is hard work, dirty play and colorful personality made him one of the more popular players in recent history. Jonsey is the story of Keith s career in the league as well as all of the interesting stories he accumulated over the course of his career, playing with some of the leagues best players in the last 15 years, including Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, Mark Recchi and Eric Lindros. The book will include a forward written by Hall of Fame defense-man Ray Bourque. |
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Jonsey is great for any hockey fan |
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For a Philly Hockey fan and fan of the overall game, Jonesy is an amazing read. Great stories with insight into the game that most of us never get to see. I laughed outloud more than a dozen times. I literally couldn't put it down. That is the best compliment you can give any book. |
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Enjoyable, yet frustrating read |
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"Jonesy" is an entertaining story. The biggest problem with it is that is could have been written better by an 8th grader. There are more than just grammatical errors; some sentences flat out don't make sense as written. I was stunned that a published work could be such a mess (didn't anyone edit this?!) Oh well, if you can get past all that and enjoy hockey, you will enjoy the book. |
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Great stories, especially for Caps fans |
First, this was a great read. I enjoyed it a lot despite thinking back to the Caps postseason woes under Terry Murray and Schoenfeld when Keith was there. Let me say he was one of the most clutch Caps ever, one of my favorites and I was ticked they dealt him for Chris Simon and Curtis Leschysin (spelling?), who was in town a minute and a half. I was never really a Chris Simon fan when he was here.
Three of Keith's stories I loved: I'll try not to tell too much as I don't want to spoil them.
The grueling skating regimen after Caps practice during the '92 playoffs, with Keith getting ticked that the Caps were beating the Pens and that meant more skating. High fiving Steve Konowalchuk when the Caps were losing so the skating would end.
Handling his own contract negotiations with GM David Poile and bringing the empty briefcase to the meetings. I kept thinking of the Animal House scene where one of the Delta's points to his briefcase and smiles before the student body hearing.
The Anson Carter stick story.
I also liked the John Poor story at the end.
Great job. Sure there was an error ir two in there but I got the gist of what Keith was trying to tell us. Excellent read! |
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Great but too short! |
As a WMU alum (class of '94) and hockey fan, I had the good fortune to have great seats for pretty much every home game for Jones during his junior & senior years in college. He impressed me as a player then. Given that connection, and hearing through John Buccigross' column that the proceeds for this book would go to charity, I pre-ordered this and read it immediately upon receiving it.
The life and career of Jones are told through his unique voice throughout. This makes for very easy reading - if it seems aimed at a slightly younger-than-adult audience - and the 200 or so pages, much like Keith's career, go by far too quickly.
Passages are both hilarious and touching.
Highly recommended! |
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Good For What It Is |
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I liked this book. It's not horribly well written but it was enjoyable for the price. |
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