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"Iceland, Canada, Books, Hockey!"
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| General | Iceland, Cooking, Winnipeg Falcons. | | Heroes | Winnipeg Falcons: Canada's First Olympic Hockey Heroes. |
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C O A S T L I N E S: Read All About It
For More Information: Mark Jenkyns, Tel. 905.627.6921
E: postmaster@coastline-publishing.com
About Falcons Gold
Falcons Gold: Canada's First Olympic Hockey Heroes is a celebration of Canada's proud Olympic history. It is a hardcover children's book written by Queen's Jubilee Medal recipient and bestselling children's author Kathleen Arnason & illustrated by renowned artist Luther Pokrant. Luther was featured in the January 2003 edition of International Artist magazine.
What is the book about?
* Falcons Gold is a story aimed at children 5–99 about a young boy whose grandfather gives him a magical puck caught at the 1920 Olympic winning game for the Falcons. The grandfather's stories about the Falcons "come to life" for Erik as he meets the Falcons and goes back to the 1920 Olympics.
* Also includes historical information on the 1920 Winnipeg Falcons and Canadian animator Charlie Thorson–designer of Snow White
Kathleen Arnason is the bestselling author of The Story of the Gimli Huldufolk and Whistle and the Legend of the White Horse. Arnason has spent many years doing creative writing workshops in the school systems in Manitoba and Ontario. She is a children's author, poet, and hockey mom who lives in Gimli, Manitoba and a recipient of the Queen's Jubilee Medal.
Luther Pokrant RCA is a professional artist with more than thirty years of experience and is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art. Numerous private and public collections feature his paintings. His painting, Falcons Forever, which commemorates the Winnipeg Falcons, is currently on display at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
About Canada's Falcons Hockey Team
The 1920 Winnipeg Falcons: Frank Frederickson, captain of the Winnipeg Falcons, and his neighbourhood friends grew up on skates. Frank's father faithfully flooded their backyard through the harsh Winnipeg winters to provide all of Frank's friends a place to play hockey. But when these boys matured into young men they were dragged away from their sticks and nets into WWI in Europe. Upon returning home from the war to the sport they loved, they were barred from the regional league due to discrimination against the "fair-haired ragtags". The determined Falcons' players formed their own league.
That same year, the Winnipeg Falcons—the team that no one wanted—swept the league, provincial, and Allan Cup championships to win the right to represent Canada at the first ever Olympic hockey games in Belgium! Their natural talent, speed, and tightness as a team won the Falcons the first Olympic Gold medal in hockey history.
After beating Team USA 2-0 in what was the greatest hockey game ever seen in Europe to that point, the Falcons faced off against Sweden to win the gold. Team Canada had five points against the scoreless Swedes at the end of the first period. Because they liked the Swedish Team, the Winnipeg Falcons made a show of suddenly finding the ice exceptionally slippery and themselves clumsily falling down - therefore allowing Team Sweden to score a goal. The Swedes went wild with excitement, thanking the Falcons for allowing them to score. The exemplary teamwork and sportsmanship of the Falcons won them not only the first Olympic gold medal in ice hockey but also the respect of hockey enthusiasts internationally. The Falcons returned to Canada to heroes' welcomes across Canada.
Eventually the legend of the Falcons' determination and heroism dwindled and their gold medals and uniforms were quietly tucked away. It was not until the Falcons Forever campaign was launched by the United Icelandic Appeal at the 2002 Olympics that the Falcons was resurrected and celebrated.
Falcons Gold honours Canada's proud Olympic past through a young boy Erik's time-travelling adventures with the Falcons and their lively friend Charlie Thorson, a real-life Canadian illustrator who designed Snow White and Bugs Bunny.
For more details on the Falcons, visit
Brian Johanneson's Winnipeg Falcons Site
Coastline Publishing
Suite 511 3-304 Stone Road West, Guelph, ON N1G 4W4 CANADA
T/F: 905.627.6921
E: postmaster@coastline-publishing.com
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