Guinness Book of World Records 1978

Guinness World Records #1978

by Norris McWhirter (Editor), Guinness World Records

world records book

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

704 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Norris Dewar McWhirter, CBE (12 August 1925, Winchmore Hill, London – 19 April 2004, Wiltshire) was a writer, political activist, co-founder of the Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his identical twin brother, Ross, were known internationally for the Guinness Book of Records, a book they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross McWhirter's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), Norris McWhirter carried on alone as editor until he retired in 1985.

Reviews

[Karl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Norris Mcwhirter does it again. A real case of dance mania in Aachen, Germany... most times struck by lightning... outrageous eating feats... a literary boot to the head.

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[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used to read these sort of books every night before turning the light off... wandering if I would ever set a world record myself.... I did as well...