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One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro
One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro

One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

310 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $25.99 (US $25.99) (CA $38.99)

Publication Date: July 2007

ISBN 9780143019749

Rights: US & CA

Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited (Jul 2007)

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Overview

One Good Run is the amazing story of Kiwi motorcycling legend, backyard engineering genius, and land speed record holder Burt Munro. He broke several international speed records with a motorbike he modified in his Christchurch shed and still holds several records in the US. Now a motion picture called The World's Fastest Indian and with Sir Anthony Hopkins playing Burt, this true-life, little guy beats the odds story is bound to renew interest in one of the legends of land speed racing.

Author Biography

Tim Hanna is the author of the best-selling (unauthorized and subsequently controversial) biography of NZ motorcycle designer John Britten. A former advertising copy writer, he has also written for television and is a motorcycle enthusiast in his own right.