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Barbara Ann Scott: Queen of the Ice
"Canadian figure skating is rich with history that must be preserved. Barbara Ann Scott was our first queen of the ice and there's no one better than Ryan to bring her magnificent legacy to life." - Sandra Bezic, Emmy Award winning choreographer, television commentator (CBC, NBC, CBS), Olympian and 5-time Canadian Pairs Skating Champion
"Barbara Ann Scott paved the way for Canadian skating excellence. Figure skating fans will love diving into her illustrious life and career." - Jackie Wong, Rocker Skating
"Ryan Stevens has written a most interesting book about an icon of Canadian sport... Beautifully illustrated and based on almost exhaustive research. I highly enjoyed it." - Ruud Paauw, International Society of Olympic Historians
"Canadian figure skating is rich with history that must be preserved. Barbara Ann Scott was our first queen of the ice and there's no one better than Ryan to bring her magnificent legacy to life." - ...
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"Canadian figure skating is rich with history that must be preserved. Barbara Ann Scott was our first queen of the ice and there's no one better than Ryan to bring her magnificent legacy to life." - Sandra Bezic, Emmy Award winning choreographer, t
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In this fantastic new biography of Canadian figure skater and Olympian Barbara Ann Scott, Ryan Stevens offers readers a new look into her life, legacy, and impact on the figure skating world in the second half of the twentieth century. Focusing on her life, rise to figure skating stardom, and her retirement, this book brings new insights and information about her life to light in brilliant detail. Stevens has done an excellent job bringing relevant sources together, as well as a great deal of photographs, into this book to create this comprehensive portrait of her life. Contextualizing her life against World War II, the Golden Age of Hollywood, and the professionalization of figure skating and the Olympics enhances the current understanding of her life and the impact Scott had on Canadian and figure skating history. With its fascinating attention to primary documents and easily digestible prose and organization, this is a great book for readers of all kinds interested in figure skating and Scott’s legacy. Brilliantly written, engaging, and immersive, this is a brilliant new biography and an excellent example of a legible biography for all sorts of readers, and Stevens’ work in collecting and analyzing these materials really shines throughout this brilliant new release.
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