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MacDonald, Jake

 
9781771643443: Rick Hansen's Man In Motion World Tour
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ISBN 10 : 1771643447 ISBN 13 : 9781771643443
Editeur : Greystone Books,Canada, 2017

Synopsis

A beautifully illustrated 30th anniversary celebration of Rick Hansen's Man in Motion Tour, which broke barriers for people with disabilities and inspired ordinary citizens to realize impossible dreams.

On March 21, 1985, world-class wheelchair marathoner and multiple Paralympic medalist Rick Hansen set out from Vancouver, British Columbia, on his Man in Motion World Tour. The twenty-six-month trek took him and a small but determined crew almost 25,000 miles through 34 countries on four continents before crossing Canada. In the process, they raised $26 million for spinal cord research and for initiatives to improve the quality of life and accessibility for people with disabilities. Thirty years after the journey ended, Rick Hansen's Man in Motion Tour celebrates that ground-breaking accomplishment and, with a foreword from Rick himself, highlights the legacy of the Man in Motion World Tour and the amazing progress it has spurred up to the present day. Illustrated with exclusive photographs from the Rick Hansen Foundation archives, it is a universal story of courage and adversity, human strength and personal suffering, and, above all, the power of community to effect lasting social change.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jake Macdonald is an award-winning author and journalist whose work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the New York Times and many other publications.

Rick Hansen, a three-time Paralympic gold medalist, is a Canadian icon best known as the "Man in Motion" for undertaking an epic two-year circumnavigation around the world in his wheelchair. He is now the CEO of the Rick Hansen Foundation, an organization committed to creating a world without barriers for people with disabilities.

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Éditeur
Greystone Books,Canada
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1771643447
ISBN 13 
9781771643443
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
144
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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