by: Catherine Swift

series: Men of Faith

• Format

  Mass Market

  ISBN

  9781556611506

  Dimensions

  4.25 x 7

  Pub. Date

  Jul 1990

  SRP

  $10.00

  Carton Quantity

  72

  Number of pages

  176

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One of the greatest heroes of the Cross in this century

Eric Liddell, hero of the film Chariots of Fire, risked becoming a national disgrace at the 1924 Paris Olympics when he refused to run on a Sunday. Disqualifying himself from the finals, Britain's hope of a medal was sacrificed as well. But the thinly veiled criticism in the press turned to sensational acclaim when Eric entered--and won--a race for which he was completely untrained, finishing a full five meters ahead of the favorite.

He was a celebrity, but the faith which had inspired his courageous stand stirred in him again, and at the height of his fame he announced that he was leaving athletics to return as a missionary to the land of his birth, China. This story of "God's Athlete" makes for exciting reading.

From renowned Scottish athlete to missionary in China.