Meet Grantlee Kieza, Author of FRANK HURLEY
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Hornsby Central Library
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Meet the Author - Grantlee Kieza
A visionary photographer and film-maker, Hurley journeyed to the farthest corners of the earth, capturing images of people and places few had ever seen. Time and again he risked his life, in both peace and war, to take pictures that would astonish the world.
He made five perilous expeditions to Antarctica, sharing a hut with Douglas Mawson and a tent with Ernest Shackleton. He drove across Australia with Francis Birtles and flew with Ross and Keith Smith on part of the first-ever flight from England to Australia.
Hurley stood on the front lines of history, capturing some of the most dramatic footage of the First and Second World Wars. He survived a plane crash in Athens during a world-record flight attempt, was shot at by Germans and Turks, and was once rescued from the belly of a dead whale.
Grantlee Kieza OAM is an award-winning journalist and Australia's No. 1 bestselling historical biographer with more than twenty highly acclaimed books to his name.
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Hornsby Library
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