The boy who runs the odyssey of Julius Achon
Julius Achon is the director of the Achon Uganda Children's Fund, a charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life in rural Uganda. He was captured at 12 and turned into a boy soldier; then miraculously found a career as one of the world's foremost middle-distance runners. How the...
| Main Author: | Brant, John, 1951- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Ballantine Books,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
Julius Achon is the director of the Achon Uganda Children's Fund, a charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life in rural Uganda. He was captured at 12 and turned into a boy soldier; then miraculously found a career as one of the world's foremost middle-distance runners. How these life jumps happened is told here. |
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| Physical Description: |
xvi, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780553392159 0553392158 |
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