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A mile at a time : a father and son's inspiring Alzheimer's journey of love, adventure, and hope / Travis Macy and Mark "Mace" Macy with Patrick Regan.
"A father and son participate in "the World's Toughest Race," the Eco Challenge Fiji, as the father battles Alzheimer's Disease"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781623545550 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: viii, 232 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge Publishing, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "An Imagine book published by Charlesbridge"--Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Macy, Mark, 1949- Macy, Travis. Alzheimer's disease > Patients > Biography. Endurance sports. Fathers and sons > Family relationships. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Personal narratives. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | 616.83110092 Macy | 31681010314623 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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"A father and son participate in "the World's Toughest Race," the Eco Challenge Fiji, as the father battles Alzheimer's Disease"-- - Random House, Inc.
An inspiring memoir about a father and son entering World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji despite one of them battling Alzheimerâs.
âTravis and Mace have touched a generation of families around the world with their courage, resilience and kindness.â
--Bear Grylls, star of Man vs. Wild and host of Worldâs Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
âWatching Mark and Travis Macy compete together for Eco-Challenge Fiji was a true inspiration. Travisâs selfless act of taking his father on what may be his last race is a story that anyone can relate to and what we need more of these days.âÂ
--Mark Burnett, chairman of MGM Worldwide Television Group; creator and producer of Survivor, The Apprentice, and Worldâs Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
In October 2018, Mark âMaceâ Macy, sixty-four years old, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimerâs disease. Mace had spent thirty years competing in Colorado and around the world in ultra-endurance competitions and is one of the few people who have finished all eight Eco-Challenge events. Once diagnosed, Mace feared losing endurance, strength, and independence.Â
Mace's son Travis, also a professional endurance athlete, also struggled to see his father battling the disease. In 2019 they decided to participate in World's Toughest Raceâa seven-day, grueling 400-mile marathon of trekking, climbing, biking, and paddling through the jungleâfor one final race together.
Weaving excerpts from Mace's passionate personal journals alongside a first-person narrative by Travis, A Mile at a Time tells the story of this incredible journey and what both father and son learned along the way.
A powerful story about livingâand thrivingâwith a disease that impacts nearly six million Americans. This timely, and deeply moving father-son adventure sheds light on the hard truths of this disease while giving readers hope of all that still can be achieved.
