Pre-Owned Kid Dynamite: The Gerry James Story (Hardcover) 088982276X 9780889822764

Few father and son combinations in any sport have reached the level of excellence that "Dynamite" Eddie James, and Gerry, "The kid" enjoyed across Canada during the early and mid-20th century following in his father's footsteps, Gerry James electrified CFL crowds as the powerful running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. This is a poignant story that recognize the greatness of Eddie James, and acknowledges the tragic effects that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) had on him after World war II Rising above it all, came a fresh-faced teenager from Winnipeg who would go on to stand the Canadian sports world on its collective ear, and become one of a handful of candian sports icons of his time Travel back to the halcyon days of Canadian sport, the Fabulous Fifties and into the Decade of change The days of Indian Jack, Kenny ploen, Tom Casey Herb Gray, Leo (Lincoln Locomotive) Lewis, Howie Meeker and the Crew-cuts, Johnny Bower, Teeder Kennedy, Tim Horton, Frank Mahovlich, the Richards, Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull and Terrible Ted Lindsay to name a few. The "Kid" Played with and against them all and he was Dynamite" Larry Robertson Book jacket.