Donald Campbell : 300+ a speed odyssey : his life with Bluebird / Speed record holders
De Lara, David,
Donald Campbell : 300+ a speed odyssey : his life with Bluebird / David De Lara. - 217 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm.
BIOGRAPHY: SPORT. Donald Campbell was born into the world of record-breaking, as the only son of the legendary Sir Malcolm Campbell, famous in the inter-war years as the ultimate record breaker with nine land and four water speed records. This richly illustrated book provides a unique insight into the life of Donald Campbell, a brave and intense man obsessed with doing better than his father and flying the flag for Britain as the pioneering nation of speed record breakers and leading-edge designers. With much new and rare material, it reveals the record attempts made with his Bluebirds on land and water, capturing the life-and-death dramas played out against the barren backdrop of Lake Eyre in Australia and the verdant hills surrounding Coniston Water in the English Lake District.
9780750970082 0750970081
Campbell, Donald, 1921-1967.
Speed record holders--Great Britain--Biography.
Donald Campbell : 300+ a speed odyssey : his life with Bluebird / David De Lara. - 217 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm.
BIOGRAPHY: SPORT. Donald Campbell was born into the world of record-breaking, as the only son of the legendary Sir Malcolm Campbell, famous in the inter-war years as the ultimate record breaker with nine land and four water speed records. This richly illustrated book provides a unique insight into the life of Donald Campbell, a brave and intense man obsessed with doing better than his father and flying the flag for Britain as the pioneering nation of speed record breakers and leading-edge designers. With much new and rare material, it reveals the record attempts made with his Bluebirds on land and water, capturing the life-and-death dramas played out against the barren backdrop of Lake Eyre in Australia and the verdant hills surrounding Coniston Water in the English Lake District.
9780750970082 0750970081
Campbell, Donald, 1921-1967.
Speed record holders--Great Britain--Biography.