Bert Hinkler: The Most Daring Man in the World by Grantlee Kieza

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

The thrilling life of aviation pioneer Bert Hinkler, dubbed 'the most daring man in the world'.

Fast-paced and revealing, this is an overdue, full-blooded biography about one of Australia's most astonishing sons. He's all but been lost from history, but once upon a time, Bert Hinkler, a small, unprepossessing man from Bundaberg, was feted as one of the most daring aviators in the world.

Mussolini's favourite pilot, Hinkler, was an adventurer who, along with early pioneers, flew single-handed across countries, continents and oceans, often with nothing more than a lunchbox and the page of an atlas to guide him.

Whether as an aerial showman or a World War I fighter pilot, Hinkler's exploits thrilled the world, drawing massive crowds. In his time, he enjoyed the fame and adulation of his peers like Charles Kingsford Smith and Amelia Earhart. But behind the headlines was a more private and complex man, who juggled two relationships with two different women on two continents. (publisher blurb)