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and... HOWE!
and... HOWE! is an authorized autobiography told jointly by Gordie Howe and Colleen Howe. Its subject is not only Gordie Howe’s hockey career, but also the family, personal, and business life the couple shared. The account follows his long professional career across the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association, while placing that public story within the relationships and practical responsibilities of family life. The book’s perspective is therefore both sporting and domestic, presenting a career through the experience of the couple who lived it together.
Gordie Howe contributes the perspective of a player whose career began with the Detroit Red Wings in 1946 and continued across 32 seasons in professional hockey. Colleen Howe broadens the narrative beyond the rink. Her work in managing business interests, negotiating contracts connected with Gordie’s World Hockey Association career, and developing Power Play organizations gives her a distinct role in the story. Taken together, their authorship suggests a memoir shaped by two complementary views: the athlete’s career and the partner’s active participation in its professional and family context.
The book’s significance lies in this shared approach. Rather than treating hockey history as a sequence of games and statistics alone, it connects public achievement with marriage, family, business, and the changing circumstances of a long career. It can consequently be read as both a sports autobiography and a portrait of a working partnership. Its historical interest comes from the firsthand account of a career that crossed two major professional hockey leagues and from Colleen Howe’s presence as an involved participant rather than a distant observer.
A collector may care about this work for its literary and artistic interest as a collaborative sports memoir. The dual viewpoint gives the narrative a wider human range than a single-player account, while its attention to family and business adds texture to the familiar image of a professional athlete. Readers interested in hockey writing, athlete biographies, or autobiographies created by couples may find particular value in the way the book joins personal memory with professional history. The historical photographs also support its documentary character without replacing the authors’ narrative voices.
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Published in 1995 by Power Play Publications, Inc., and... HOWE! is the authorized autobiography of Gordie and Colleen Howe. Written from the perspective of one of hockey's most celebrated couples, it covers Gordie Howe's remarkable playing career alongside the family, personal, and business story he shared with Colleen. The volume is illustrated throughout with historical black-and-white photographs.
Gordie Howe, famously known as “Mr. Hockey,” was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972. His career included four Stanley Cup championships with Detroit, six Hart Trophies as the NHL's most valuable player, and six Art Ross Trophies as the league's leading scorer, giving this personal account lasting appeal for hockey readers and collectors.
This copy is double signed in red ink by Gordie Howe and Colleen Howe on a decorative Power Play Publications signature bookplate. Both signatures are clearly visible, and there is no personalization or recipient's name on the signed plate.
Hardcover with its original pictorial dust jacket, graded Very Good overall. The dust jacket has a small localized tear at the top edge along with light wear and is now protected in a removable clear plastic cover. The representative interior spread pictured appears clean and shows the book's photographic content, with no markings or page damage visible on those pages. The book will be packaged carefully to help protect the hardcover, jacket, and signed bookplate in transit.
