Second Best: The Amazing Untold Histories of the Greatest Runners-Up by Ben Pobjie

Second Best: The Amazing Untold Histories of the Greatest Runners-Up by Ben Pobjie

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781922419125
Author: Ben Pobjie
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Affirm Press
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 2020
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288 pages

Book Description

Secondhand. As new condition.

History is always written by the winners and about the winners. But what about the men and women of the past who reached for gold but grasped only morale-sapping silver?

Australia’s second-best comedy historian Ben Pobjie, celebrates the fascinating stories of those pipped at the post of greatness – from Buzz Aldrin following footsteps on the moon to the woman not credited with discovering DNA because she had two X chromosomes and Australia’s second Prime Minister whose name everyone keeps forgetting.

Second Best shines a light on those plucky men and women who, through no fault of their own – or at least only a little bit of fault of their own – didn’t quite get there before everyone else, but did get there before almost everyone else. (back cover)

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