David Hill

Speed King: Burt Munro, the World's Fastest Indian

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Produktbeschreibung

In 1967 an unknown, elderly New Zealander and his ancient Indian motorcycle set a world land-speed record at Bonneville. The man was Burt Munro, and he became a Kiwi legend. How did he do it? His amazing true story is now a stunning picture book. A crowd of people stand on a flat white plain. In the distance, a snarling, roaring dark speck is hurtling towards them. It's a motorbike. The rider is inside the shell, lying almost flat. 'Go, Burt!' The red bike blurs past. Fingers click stop-watches. How fast has Burt Munro gone this time? The moment young Burt Munro saw a motorbike chugging down a quiet Invercargill street, he was hooked. More than 50 years later, he and his ancient Indian motorcycle would amaze the world by setting a land-speed record--one that remains unbroken to this day. Burt didn't have much money. He wasn't young. But he was determined. And he became a Kiwi legend. A wonderful true story about a very unlikely New Zealand champion, by the award-winning author and illustrator of First to the Top.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 242mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9780143507222
• ISBN-10: 0143507222
• Artikelnr.: 52893162

Autorenporträt

David Hill is a reviewer, fiction writer, playwright, and children's writer. He spent fourteen years teaching before writing full-time. His first young adult novel won the 1994 Times Educational Supplement Award for Special Needs. He won the 2002 Children's Literature Foundation Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book, the 2003 LIANZA Esther Glen Medal, the 2013 NZ Post Junior Fiction Award, and the 2013 LIANZA Librarian's Choice Award.