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One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro |  | Author: Tim Hanna
Publisher: Penguin Global
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 300
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 0143019740
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.750993
EAN: 9780143019749
ASIN: 0143019740
Publication Date: January 25, 2006
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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.
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 One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro November 2, 2009
K. Bushong (Seattle, WA USA)
This is a great book - I got it to go along with the DVA "The World's Fastest Indian" - my husband was thrilled to add this to his collection.
 Easy reading October 9, 2009
Stat User (East Coast)
Much the same material as the movie, "the fastest indian". It is an esay read.
 Enjoyed this book March 6, 2009
K. Karavasilis (Baltimore, MD USA)
I really enjoyed reading about the life of Burt Munro. I felt that by reading this, I have a better understanding of who he was versus watching the movie (don't get me wrong, I loved the movie too). This book told of the sacrafices he made and his obsession with speed. It showed a little more of a selfish, stubborn womanizer than the movie did. The other great thing about this book, was the author was very detailed in describing how Burt built his various contraptions. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about Burt Munro and racing in general.
`The God of Speed never did have a more faithful servant than Burt Munro.' January 26, 2009
J. Cameron-Smith (ACT, Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Burt Munro (1899 - 1978) was a man with a single-minded passion. Burt had an Indian Scout motorcycle bought in 1920 which he rebuilt and modified into a unique speed machine he called the `Munro Special'. Burt's ambition was to see how fast it would really go and his pursuit of that aim took him from Invercargill in New Zealand to the Bonneville salt flats in Utah.
Burt Munro was 68 years old and was riding a 47 year old machine when he set his last record (183.586mph (295.453km/h) at Bonneville on 26 August 1967). I read this book after watching `The World's Fastest Indian', starring Anthony Hopkins.
This book is both interesting and frustrating. It provides a good sense of Burt's achievements, his sense of adventure, his inventiveness and his dogged persistence in pursuit of his objective. Why then did I find the book frustrating? In short, because while I found the `how', the `what' and the `where' fascinating I would have liked to have known more about the `why'. I would have liked, as well, to have had some greater insight into the intuitive processes that enabled Burt to see possibilities where others saw junk and have the courage and self-assurance to follow through. I suspect that Burt Munro himself would have little time for such introspection: his interests were primarily in how to extract maximum horsepower from a particular motorcycle, not in what motivated men like him to do so.
I admire the spirit of Burt Munro, and of those people like him who set goals (albeit generally in different fields) for others to aspire to. If you are interested in one of the original speed freaks and have not yet read this book, I recommend it. My own knowledge and interest in this area is limited and generally relates to car racing. If you are not interested in speed at all, you may still find this book worth reading: I found it, in its own way, inspirational.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro July 26, 2008
Victoria L. Vermillion (California City,CA USA)
My husband loved this book! He was thrilled to know more about this amazing man than the movie reviled.
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