SKU: B-000232

Embrace The Challenge Story Of Kiwi No. 8 Wire Innovation

Author: Barrie Carruthers

Special Features: Illustrated, Signed by author

Condition: In very good condition. The front inner cover is signed by the author. The pages are clean and tidy. No dog ears. Tight binding. From a smoke free home.

Biography & Memoir

Autobiography Innovation New Zealand Kiwi No. 8 Wire

Secondhand copy — please check photos and condition notes.

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Barrie Carruthers’ Embrace the Challenge celebrates the gritty ingenuity behind Kiwi No. 8 wire innovation, tracing his own rise from back-country Australia to world-class farm inventions. This 2013 paperback blends autobiography with lively true stories, giving young adults and grown readers a front-row seat to bush-level problem solving.

Generously illustrated with workshop sketches and paddock snapshots, the memoir shows how “make-do” spirit turns scrap metal into tools that outshine factory gear. Carruthers’ warm voice keeps the ride conversational, proving real-life engineering can read like adventure fiction.

Collector bonus: the author’s neat signature graces the inside front cover of this very-good copy, and every page remains crisp, un-creased, and firmly bound. Smoke-free shelf life means no musty surprises—just clean, inspiring reading.

Whether you’re hunting rural history, gift-shopping for a tinkerer, or adding a signed Kiwi innovation classic to your true-stories shelf, this copy is ready to ship.