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The The Bluebird and the Dead Lake (Paperback, Re-Issue) Loot Price: R238
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The The Bluebird and the Dead Lake (Paperback, Re-Issue)

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In 1964, in Australia's remote outback, on the dazzling saltpan of Lake Eyre, Donald Campbell set out to drive his Bluebird car at over 400 miles an hour - faster than any man in history. Things went wrong from the start: unseasonal rains, a sodden lake bed in which every high-speed run slewed dangerously, money running short...even an Aboriginal curse. WIth death shimmering on the horizon before him, the lonely Campbell tried to hold his nerve until he broke the record. Campbell would lose his life eventually on Coniston Water, with over thirty years passing before his body was recovered in 2001, but this strangest - and greatest - of all his world record attempts was witnessed by a young reporter. John Pearson's classic book about Donald Campbell is an extraordinarily compelling and moving portrait of a modern tragic hero, fighting a battle with inhospitable elements and the outer limits of technology - and, above all, with himself.

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Imprint: Aurum Press Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: August 2013
First published: October 2013
Dimensions: 198 x 132 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 204
Edition: Re-Issue
ISBN-13: 978-1-78131-172-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Sport
Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Road & motor vehicles: general interest > Motor cars: general interest
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Motor sports > Car racing > General
Books > Biography > Sport
LSN: 1-78131-172-2
Barcode: 9781781311721

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