The flying Scotsman /Sally Magnusson.
- New York, New York : Quartet, (c)1981.
- 191 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
'His heid's no' back yet!' -- 'I'm not running on a Sunday' -- 'This awful grim business' -- 'None can pass you but the examiner' -- 'It was the Beatle-mania of the day' -- 'A fellow's life counts for far more at this . . .' -- 'I didn't even know he was courting' -- 'It is wonderful to feel at one with the people' -- 'Days of perplexity like the present' -- 'It's complete surrender . . .' -- 'There's no way anyone like him could die' -- 'The emotion comes from within.'
Tells the story of the incredible Scottish runner who gave up a chance for an Olympic gold medal because of his religious principles and later became a missionary in China https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Scotsman-Sally-Magnusson/dp/0704333791/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1MFI9XTINS1TL&keywords=0704333791&qid=1682361956&s=books&sprefix=0704333791%2Cstripbooks%2C92&sr=1-1
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Liddell, Eric, 1902-1945.
Runners (Sports)--Scotland--Biography. Missionaries--Scotland--Biography. Missions and Missionaries
China Christian missions Liddell, Eric - Biographies