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Chargement... Eric Liddell: Pure Gold: A New Biography of the Olympic Champion Who Inspired Chariots of Fire (original 2001; édition 2004)par David McCasland (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreEric Liddell: Pure Gold par Dave McCasland (2001)
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Most people will remember Eric Liddell as the inspiration for the award-winning movie Chariots of Fire. But his life away from athletic competition was even more compelling and held an influence that reached all the way to a Japanese internment camp in China. Eric Liddell--Pure Gold is the fascinating account of Scotland's beloved Olympic champion whose greatest race was for an eternal prize. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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My first impression of the book was disappointment that it is historical fiction. I want my fiction to be fiction and my history to be as accurate and unbiased as humanly possible. It’s not possible to be totally accurate, but I’d rather that it not be intentionally fictionalized. Upon completing the book I found that it was thoroughly researched. It even included an afterword.
LMS often referred to in chapter 1, but never defined. It might mean Liddell Missionary Service. At Kindle location 337 the words London Missionary Service appear (but not the initials LMS.) (