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Donald Campbell - The Man Behind The Mask (Paperback, New Ed)
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Donald Campbell - The Man Behind The Mask (Paperback, New Ed)
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List price R410
Loot Price R374
Discovery Miles 3 740
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Generations are familiar with the haunting black and white
television footage of Donald Campbell somersaulting to his death in
his famous Bluebird boat on Coniston Water in January, 1967. It has
become an iconic image of the decade. His towering achievements,
and the drama of his passing, are thus part of the national psyche.
ultimate record-breaker of the inter-war years - he broke the land
speed record nine times and the water speed record four times with
his Bluebird cars and boats - Donald Campbell was born to speed. He
was outgoing and flamboyant, yet carefully orchestrated the image
he presented to the world. Some saw him as a playboy adventurer;
others, such as the radio producer on the twenty-first anniversary
of his death, as a reckless daredevil with a death wish. He was
known to take solace in extra-marital dalliances, and was obsessed
with spiritualism. land record on the Bonneville Salt Flats in
Utah, and his prolonged and anti-climactic subsequent effort on the
treacherous Lake Eyre in Australia, Campbell appeared a haggard and
often frightened man. He had become trapped on his record-breaker's
treadmill as he continually sought to prove himself to his
illustrious father, in whose long shadow he felt forever trapped.
intense, complex, superstitious yet abnormally brave man who was
driven not only by the desire to prove that he was worthy of the
mantle of his father, but also by his fervent and unswerving desire
to keep Britain at the forefront of international speed endeavour.
This book generates a unique insight into how his desperate fear of
failure finally lured him into taking one risk too many.
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