Bunker Spreckels: Surfing's Divine Prince of Decadence - Reviews
"What happens when a famous 21-year old L.A. surfer with a taste for partying inherits a multimillion-dollar fortune? We need to look no further than Bunker Spreckles, short-lived libertine and stepson of Clark Gable."Anthem Magazine, Los AngelesUnited States |
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"With ladies, kungfu and debauched drug habits spicing up his surf superstardom. Bunker Spreckels' rise-and-fall story (chronicled by surf photo legend Art Brewer) is as much Almost Famous as it is Endless Summer."Riviera, Newport BeachUnited States |
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“The writing and photography are as undisciplined as Bunker’s life. The interviews are wandering and overlapping and a few of the photos have the pin-sharp, photo shopped quality one expects from a coffee-table book on surfing. Nevertheless, the storyline is compelling. . .Spreckles comes across as an interesting guy, though not someone you want as a friend or partner.”Beach Magazine, Newport BeachUnited States |
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“A extraordinaria historia de Adolph Bunker Spreckels III chega ao mercado numa belisima ediçao da TASCHEN ilustrada com fotos do mestre Art Brewer”Surf Portugal, LisbonPortugal |
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“. . .the book channels a sort of ‘Boogie Nights’ on water feel.”Los Angeles Times, Los AngelesUnited States |
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“The book is a reminder that while fame and fortune are nice to have, they are also fleeting, if you don’t know how to channel them in a productive way.”Shelf Life, TorontoCanada |
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"Héritier de la fortune sucrière Spreckels, Bunker devient un surfeur célèbre alors qu’il n’est encore qu’adolescent. Mais, lorsqu’il touche sa fortune familiale, il glisse dans une vie de débauche et de jet-setter international, qui l’amèneront à succomber de ses excès, à l’âge de 27 ans. Trente ans plus tard, le photographe Art Brewer, ami intime de Bunker et l’écrivain C.R. Stecyk III, se sont associés pour retracer l’ascension fulgurante et la chute dramatique de Bunker Spreckels. Les photos et l’interview détaillée réalisée par Stecyk, achevée trois mois avant la mort de Spreckels, offrent une vue inédite et de première main sur le style de vie décadent de «The Player»."Daniel Féau – Belles demeures en France, ParisFrance |
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“Buy this and you’ll learn about one of surfing’s great one-offs, burned out, and tragically glorious.”The Surfer’s Path, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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„Bunker Spreckels war Surfer, Jetsetter und ein Freund der Ausschweifung. Als Stiefsohn Clark Gables mischte er die High Society von Los Angeles auf, er liebte Kampfsport, Waffen und Frauen, bis er mit 27 Jahren starb … Der TASCHEN-Verlag widmet ihm einen perfektionistisch schönen Bildband.“America Journal, BonnGermany |
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„Er war der Stiefsohn von Clark Gable, ein Playboy der High Society von Los Angeles und ein passionierter Surfer: Bunker Spreckels. Das kurze, wilde Leben des Paradiesvogels zeichnet diese Bild-Biografie nach. Besonders authentisch: Bunker Spreckels erzählt in Interviews selbst über seine Familie, das Millionenerbe und seine Drogenexzesse.“Focus.de, HamburgGermany |
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Bunker Spreckels: Surfing's Divine Prince of Decadence
Stecyk III, C.R. / Brewer, Art
Hardcover, 21.8 x 28.9 cm (8.6 x 11.4 in.), 216 pages $ 39.99 ISBN: 978-3-8228-5338-2 Multilingual Edition: English, French, German Availability: Not in Stock |
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