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Second best : the amazing untold histories of the greatest runners-up / Ben Pobjie.

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Record Number 849259
ISBN 9780369343093
Author Pobjie, Ben author.
Title Second best : the amazing untold histories of the greatest runners-up / Ben Pobjie.
Edition Large print edition.
Publisher/Date [Strawberry Hills, NSW] : Read How You Want, [2020]
©2020
Pagination etc. v, 329 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Contents note Copyright page from the original book.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Note History is always written by the winners and about the winners. But what about the poor souls lurking in the shadows of history, the ones who were just as remarkable but perhaps didn't stick their chests out as they crossed the line? In Second Best, Australia's foremost historian and comedian Ben Pobjie celebrates the nobility and altogether more fascinating stories of the silver-medal getters. What drove them on their incredible feats, why did they just miss out, and how did they cope with the oblivion of finishing second? From the Second Fleet, the second man on the moon and Australia's second prime minister whose name we consistently forget, 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.
Subject Civilization -- History
Collective memory
World history
Losers
Australia -- History -- Anecdotes
Large type books.
Shelf Location LP 909 POBJ
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