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Author Hamilton, Duncan, 1958- author.

Title For the glory : Eric Liddell's journey from Olympic champion to modern martyr / Duncan Hamilton.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, 2016.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. LIDDELL, E.    Storage
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO LIDDELL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.42 HAMILTON    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B LIDDELL    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  BIOG LIDDELL, ERIC    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  796.42 HAMILTON    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B LIDDELL ERIC H    Check Shelf
Description 388 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-376) and index.
Contents The last race of the champion – Faster. How to become a great athlete ; A cup of strong tea, please ; Coming to the crossroads ; I wonder if I'm doing the right thing? ; Dancing the tango along the Champs-Élysées ; Not for sale at any price – Higher. Good-bye to all that ; There are no foreign lands ; "Will ye no come back again?" ; There's something I want to talk to you about ; Everywhere the crows are black ; The sharpest edge of the sword – Stronger. The man who isn't there ; No more happy birthdays ; You can run ... but you won't catch us, old man ; Call to me all my sad captains -- What will survive of us is love.
Summary "The untold and inspiring story of Eric Liddell, hero of Chariots of Fire, from his Olympic medal to his missionary work in China to his last, brave years in a Japanese work camp during WWII,"--Amazon.com.
Subject Liddell, Eric, 1902-1945.
Runners (Sports) -- Scotland -- Biography.
Missionaries -- Scotland -- Biography.
Missionaries -- China -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 9781594206207 (hardcover) : $28.00
1594206201 (hardcover)
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