One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro
by Tim Hanna
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Author: Tim HannaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-01-25
ISBN: 0143019740
Number of pages: 300
Publisher: Penguin Global
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Book Review: excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
A great history of the real "Burt" [started as 'Bert' - the Kiwi/british isles way - but Americanized in concert with his fond attatchment to the U.S.] This book gives a broader picture of not only who he was, but where he, and his ancestors, [and much of New Zealand's white population], came from. As a part of that fuller picture, it also gives a brief, but well-done and touching summation of the tragic & utterly amoral "highland clearances" that drove his ancestors & their fellow clansmen from their ancestral land in Scotland. [aside: the "Lairds" got their legitimacy - such as it was - and authority in part by committment to preserve the welfare of the clansmen - so throwing them out should have instantly 'dethroned' those filthy thieves & have been null & void - but only if they were legitimate - which 'legitimacy' IMHO, was a murderously un-funny joke.] It chronicles most of the elements in the movie in their actual sequence & context, which happenned over multiple trips to, and around, the U.S. He even went into Mexico 'til he talked his way out of a brush with the Mexican police - something he was smart enough to realize he probably couldn't do a second time - so he never went back. This book is really a biography of Burt & therefore covers his deep involvement with motorcycling & the TWO bikes that were his main life-long projects [and, of course the other love.. besides willing women - apparently always pursued in a gentlemanly fashion, but pursued as ardently as any fast times on a motorcycle]. A great book about an authentic & justly legendary character. BUY IT!
BK. ps you also learn he had a sister who was a respected & uccessful author..
Summary of One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro
Here is the amazing story of Kiwi motorcycling legend, backyard engineering genius, and land speed record holder Burt Munro. Munro was the archetypal eccentric inventor. He took an original Indian motorbike and modified it in his shed so it became capable of extreme speeds. From small town New Zealand in the 1920s to heroic accomplishments in the USA, Munro was still inventing up until his death in 1978. This is very much a "little guy beats the odds" story-Munro still holds several records in the US-as a mark of respect, the category he raced in was "frozen" for all time. The publication of the book has been timed to coincided with the movie The World's Fastest Indian, directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, scheduled for release October 2005.New Zealand Books
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