Terry

By Douglas Coupland

In 1980, Terry Fox was just a young man with a dream. Three years earlier, he had lost a leg to cancer. Some combination of passion, idealism and sheer guts led to the impossible notion that he would run across Canada on one good leg and a prosthesis. His goal was to raise $1 from every Canadian to help find a cure for cancer. Twenty-five years later, the dream remains alive, and Terry 's legacy has raised more than $360 million for cancer research. Terry has been written with the support of the Fox family and the design reflects the style of Douglas Coupland 's Souvenir projects, mixing more than 145 superb photographs of a previously unknown collection of family memorabilia with a very moving text about Terry's life and the Marathon of Hope. Printed in full colour, the book brings a profound moment in Canadian history, and the young man who inspired it, freshly to life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553651138
• ISBN13: 9781553651130
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 1.0" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Terry's life in pictures

This wonderful book is a must-have, I'm so glad I bought it. The pictures go through every aspect of Terry's life, from when he was a kid in school playing in sports teams, up until his funeral, which was very sad. My favorite parts of the book are the pages from his training and marathon diaries. I find myself constantly looking through this book. There's something about this book that draws me in.

An Intimate Illustration of Terry Fox

This book gives a close look at Terry Fox, his life, and his humanity. It shows his accomplishments as a wheelchair basketball athlete and gives a peek at two pages of his diary. It shows what it was like to be with Terry during his Marathon of Hope, right down to the sunburn on the left side of his freckled face. It is a treasure of intimacy, the best thing next to have known Terry in this life. I was very pleased with this look at life with the Foxes and how really down-to-earth they are.

A great, interesting read, that is poignant too...

I was initially given this book as a gift, knew nothing about it, but loved it. It's a great, well put together coffee table book, about an inspiring Canadian role model. As a Canadian export living in the States, it made me nostalgic for Terry Fox Runs from the past :). Highly recommended.

The Scrap Book Terry Never Made

Terry Fox was the Hero that Canada always needed. He was also the hero that we lost way too quickly. As I held this book in my hand and looked at his wonderful 1970's snapshoots and cringed at the page with his personal handwriting. Although I have a love/hate relationship with Douglas Couplandwork he clearly understands Canada and it's need for heros and shows a private side of Terry Fox the man. Since Terry Fox has already won a place in the hearts of Canada maybe the world should know more about the story of the young man who used every cell in his body to fight the disease that was cuting his life way too shot. Douglas Coupland tells us the story of Canada's hero and it a story the world needs to know with detail that we about our modern anti-heros like Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.