Where there is hope there can be redemption. Meet Adrien Niyonshuti, a member of the Rwandan cycling team. Adrien was seven years old when he lost his family in the 1994 genocide that tore Rwanda apart. Almost twenty years later he has a shot at representing his country at the Olympics. Meet Jock Boyer, the coach of Team Rwanda. One of the top American cyclists of all time, Jock recognises the innate talent for endurance that the Rwandans possess. A man with a dark past, Jock is in need of a second chance. Meet Tom Ritchey, the visionary inventor of the mountain bike and the U.S. money man looking to recover from a profound personal crisis.
| ISBN: | 9780224091770 |
| Publication date: | 13th March 2014 |
| Author: | Tim Lewis |
| Publisher: | Yellow Jersey Press an imprint of Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Primary Genre | Sports |
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Where there is hope there can be redemption. Meet Adrien Niyonshuti, a member of the Rwandan cycling team. Adrien was seven years old when he lost his family in the 1994 genocide that tore Rwanda apart. Almost twenty years later he has a shot at representing his country at the Olympics. Meet Jock Boyer, the coach of Team Rwanda. One of the top American cyclists of all time, Jock recognises the innate talent for endurance that the Rwandans possess. A man with a dark past, Jock is in need of a second chance. Meet Tom Ritchey, the visionary inventor of the mountain bike and the U.S. money man looking to recover from a profound personal crisis.
Land of Second Chances The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team features in the following genres: Sports, Biographies & Autobiographies, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
Land of Second Chances The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team is available in Paperback
Land of Second Chances The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team was written by Tim Lewis and published by Yellow Jersey Press an imprint of Vintage
Land of Second Chances The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team has 304 pages
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