Jonesy: Put Your Head Down and Skate: The Improbable Career of Keith Jones
by John Buccigross, Keith Jones
List Price:
Our Price: $10.18
You Save: $6.77 (40%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $8.75 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: John Buccigross, Keith JonesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-25
ISBN: 0975441981
Number of pages: 250
Publisher: Middle Atlantic Press
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780975441985
- Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
- Notes:
- Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices
Book Reviews of Jonesy: Put Your Head Down and Skate: The Improbable Career of Keith Jones
Book Review: Sorry Keith, but Bucci let you down
Summary: 2 Stars
I was very excited to buy this book, as I typically find Bucci I'd gone to college with "Jonesy" (never met him, of course) and I remember him and Mike Eastwood being the best thing about Bronco hockey games. Well, that and cheering "Lose weight, not hair" at visiting Spartan fans when they sang "Go green, go white."
Anyway, Bucci sets aside his wit in an effort paint a picture of a "regular guy who makes good." The huge flaw in the book, however, is that he continually paints Jones as a kid who never thought he had a chance and never really worked hard, while at the same time saying that he always had a dream of playing in the NHL and worked hard for it. Um, which was it? I came away thinking that Jones was bipolar.
Beyond that fatal flaw, there were scant few (maybe 3-4) real life stories from the locker room and even those few fell flat. Really? It seems like Jones and Bucci were keeping all of the best stories to protect the guilty, but the whole point of reading a biography is to truly to get to know the person. Leaving out the funniest, and probably most embarrassing, episodes made this a bland read.
I learned more about Jones and his path to the NHL. Bucci delivered on that much. But the only thing I learned about Jones the person is that his NHL career was kinda boring and he still can't decide whether he wanted it more than anything, or whether it was a complete accident. Please blog us the answer when you figure it out, fellow Bronco!
Summary of Jonesy: Put Your Head Down and Skate: The Improbable Career of Keith Jones
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.Hockey Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Hockey Books
Jacques Plante: The Man Who Changed the Face of Hockeyby Todd Denault
McClelland & Stewart; Published: 2009-10-27; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $17.79
Price in other shops:
America's Coach: Life Lessons & Wisdom for Gold Medal Success: A Biographical Journey of the Late Hockey Icon Herb Brooksby Ross Bernstein
Bernstein Books; Published: 2006-11-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.00
Price in other shops:
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Heartsby Julian Rubinstein
Back Bay Books; Published: 2005-09-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.79
Price in other shops:
Don Cherry's Hockey Stories and Stuffby Don Cherry
McClelland & Stewart; Published: 2009-10-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.25
Price in other shops:
Pelle Lindbergh: Behind the White Maskby Thomas Tynander, Bill Meltzer
Middle Atlantic Press; Published: 2009-09-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.08
Price in other shops:
Home Ice: Reflections on Backyard Rinks and Frozen Pondsby Jack Falla
McGregor Publishing; Published: 2001-11-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.01
Price in other shops:
Open Ice: Reflections and Confessions of a Hockey Liferby Jack Falla
Wiley; Published: 2008-10-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.95
Price in other shops:
Eleven Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage & Triumphby Travis Roy, E. M. Swift
Warner Books, Inc.; Published: 1998-01-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.75
Price in other shops:
Gabby: Confessions of a Hockey Liferby Bruce Boudreau, Tim Leone
Potomac Books Inc.; Published: 2009-10-31; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.19
Price in other shops:
Playing With Fireby Theo Fleury with Kirstie McLellan Day
Triumph Books; Published: 2009-10-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.43
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Hockey Dad: True Confessions of a (Crazy) Hockey Parentby Bob McKenzie
Wiley; Published: 2009-09-08; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.60
Price in other shops:
Gabby: Confessions of a Hockey Liferby Bruce Boudreau, Tim Leone
Potomac Books Inc.; Published: 2009-10-31; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $16.38
Price in other shops:
Between the Lines: Not-So-Tall Tales From Ray "Scampy" Scapinello's Four Decades in the NHLby Ray Scapinello, Rob Simpson
Wiley; Published: 2007-10-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.21
Price in other shops:
Shooting from the Lip: Hockey's Best Quotes and Quipsby Chris McDonell
Firefly Books; Published: 2008-08-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.41
Price in other shops:
King of Russia: A Year in the Russian Super Leagueby Dave King, Eric Duhatschek
Emblem Editions; Published: 2008-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.55
Price in other shops:
The Code: The Unwritten Rules Of Fighting And Retaliation In The Nhlby Ross Bernstein
Triumph Books (IL); Published: 2006-11; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.74
Price in other shops:
The Gameby Ken Dryden
Wiley; Published: 2005-02-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.08
Price in other shops:
Savedby Jack Falla
Thomas Dunne Books; Published: 2008-01-08; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.58
Price in other shops:
Home Iceby Jack Falla
McGregor Publishing; Published: 2001-11-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.76
Price in other shops:
Open Ice: Reflections and Confessions of a Hockey Liferby Jack Falla
Wiley; Published: 2008-10-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.53
Price in other shops: