Gustaf Håkansson was sixty-six years old. In 1951, he was barred from joining the Tour of Sweden due to his age. He participated unofficially, riding his bicycle over 1,000 miles and, to the delight of his countrymen, finished first. Award-winning children's author David M. Schwartz...
So what if the judges told Gustav he was too old to enter a 1000 mile race? He''d ride along anyway, and maybe he might win, in this story of a grandfather who wasn'' t about to let anyone tell him to go home to his rocking cha ir. '
Gustaf H kansson was sixty-six years old. In 1951, he was barred from joining the Tour of Sweden due to his age. He participated unofficially, riding his bicycle over 1,000 miles and, to the delight of his countrymen, finished first. David Schwartz calls him Super Grandpa and...
An elderly gradfather refuses to go home to his rocking chair and enters a bicycle race.