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Bunker Spreckels. Surfing's Divine Prince of Decadence by C. R. Stecyk III (2007, Hardcover)
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The tale of Bunker Spreckels (1949-1977) reads like a pitch for a movie to rival Boogie Nights: the stepson of Clark Gable is a privileged Los Angeles party boy who is heir to a multimillion-dollar fortune. Passionate about surfing, martial arts, guns, and women, he lives the life of a debauched international jet-setter before succumbing to his excesses at the tender age of 27. Born Adolph B. Spreckels III, heir to the Spreckels Sugar fortune, Bunker became a famous surfer as a teenager, but after his inheritance came along, he began to slip into a life of pomp and excess where surfing took a back seat to drugs, sex, and wild road trips. So remarkable was his lifestyle that he created an alter ego who invited photographers and documentarists to trail him, piecing together a tell-all epic of his own rise to fame and fortune. Before the project, known as "The Player," could be completed, Spreckels suddenly died of "natural causes." Thirty years later, photographer Art Brewer and writer/photojournalist C. R. Stecyk III have come together to make this book, which traces the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of Bunker Spreckels. Widely considered one of the world's most gifted surfing photographers, Brewer was a close friend of Spreckels and his personal photographer throughout the last decade of his life, traveling with him from Hawaii to Los Angeles to South Africa. His images of Spreckels both on the waves and on land chronicle Spreckels's metamorphosis from hippie surfer to international playboy, while Stecyk's extensive taped interview with Spreckels, completed just three months before his death, provides a rare first-person perspective on all of the decadent craziness that was his life.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaschen
ISBN-103822853380
ISBN-139783822853382
eBay Product ID (ePID)61194163
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Book TitleBunker Spreckels. Surfing's Divine Prince of Decadence
Number of Pages216 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEarth Sciences / Oceanography, Individual Photographers / General, General, Surfing, Sports
Publication Year2007
IllustratorYes
GenrePhotography, Biography & Autobiography, Science, Sports & Recreation
AuthorC. R. Stecyk III
FormatBook, Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight42.1 Oz
Item Length11.7 in
Item Width8.9 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsWhat 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.
Photographed byBrewer, Art
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- 21 Jan, 2020
Surfer. pimp mogul the devil incarnate lovable generous dead
Get this book and it will open your eyes as to a unique and pivotal person who pushed surfing and the lifestyle to classic excess Amazing photos and inside look at a shadowy figure who was an conic figure in the early days of surf culture. Author was there and documented the rise and fall of the entire explosion. Highly recommended and you don’t have to be a surfer to enjoy this volumeVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 11 May, 2022
Legend, in His Own Lifetime -
Rare book purchased at great price. Like originals, & Bunker Spreckles was certainly that. Surfing & martial arts master, Clark Gable's stepson, mega rich at 21 & dead at 27... Interesting, excessive, life.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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