Jackie Stewart: A Restless Life - The Unauthorised Biography
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Book DescriptionSir Jackie Stewart is a remarkable individual. He is one of the few men who have had the experience to speak with authority on all aspects of modern Formula One.
A three-times champion on the track; one of the original campaigners for safety; a fastidious perfectionist who also loved life and lived with a warmth and generosity - as well as single-minded determination - that is rare today: he is a man who has been as successful in business as in sport. Not only did he race superbly, but he later built his own team and took it to the top of the podium before selling it - to Ford - in one of the great deals in the modern era of Formula One. In short, he is unique.
Stewart's is a face known everywhere in the motor racing world. He has been a television commentator with a high profile on both sides of the Atlantic and down under. His life has been one long race to succeed, a contest he has indulged with himself against his own fears of lack of achievement.
In the panoply of great drivers, Stewart will always stand comparison with anyone and everyone. On the track, his bravery and skill were supreme. Self-motivated and self-taught in many things, he has carried such qualities through everything he has done and at the same time emerged as a talisman in Britain, as a representative of all things good, as a talented man who exploited all he had for the good of himself, his family and his country. Few others can enjoy that description.
Reviews
(Rated 5 out of 5)
This is a terrific book, what a biography should be--the full life of the subject, not just his public accomplishments.
Jackie Stewart has been the subject of several books, but none are as comprehensive as this one, from childhood to fighting for the future of the British GP in the Summer of 2003.
The only complaint is that the pace of the story is too fast during the later part of Stewart's driving career and it suffers a bit in comparison to the rest of the book; and more time could have been spent on his wife and children--we don't learn enough about them. What are their interests? Whom did the son's marry, what are their lives like?
All in all though, one of the better books of the year. I don't think it is quite as good as Adam Cooper's "Piers Courage", but it runs a close second.