Author: Leslie Scrivener. Published by McClelland and Stewart Ltd., Toronto, ON., 1981, 1st Edition, 1981 2nd Printing. Printed in Canada by Webcom Limited. Almost New Condition HARDCOVER Book and Dust Jacket. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9.25 x 6.25 inch, 176 pages.
TERRY FOX, the one-legged runner from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, made an indelible impression upon people across Canada and around the world. An outstanding athlete with a stubborn and competitive spirit, he lost his leg to cancer at 19, but said “nobody is ever going to call me a quitter.”
On April 12, 1980, Terry Fox set out from St. John’s, Newfoundland to begin the run across Canada that he named the Marathon of Hope. His ambition was to raise a million dollars for cancer research. It wasn’t easy. Initial support from communities varied from terrific to nothing at all. When cancer finally claimed his life in 1981, Canada mourned the loss of a hero, but the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope lives on. The Terry Fox Foundation raised more than $17 million in 1999, and support for the event nationally and around the world is growing.
