{"product_id":"nimblefoot-by-robert-drewe-9780143778073","title":"Nimblefoot","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe untold story of Johnny Day, Australia's first international sports hero - a tale of mishap, adventure, chase, chance and luck - from one of Australia's finest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the age of ten, a small boy from Ballarat named Johnny Day became Australia's first international sporting hero. Against adult competition, he wooed crowds across continents as the World Champion in pedestrianism, the sporting craze of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA few years later, in 1870, he won the Melbourne Cup on a horse aptly called \u003cem\u003eNimblefoot\u003c\/em\u003e, winning the hearts of British royalty and Melbourne's high society. And then he disappeared without a trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Drewe picks up where history leaves off, re-imagining Johnny's life following his great Cup win. In doing so, he brings us an adventure story, a coming-of-age classic, a man-hunt, a thriller - but most of all, a rollicking good yarn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohnny Day is a character who couldn't be invented, but in the masterful re-imagining of his life, Robert Drewe shows storytelling at its best, and lays claim to Johnny Day's rightful place in Australia's illustrious sporting history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082309222636,"sku":"9780143778073","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4496923482239.jpg?v=1765273239","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/nimblefoot-by-robert-drewe-9780143778073","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}