Community & Business
10 May, 2022
Former bodyguard releases his life in new tell all book
A TABLELANDS local has released a recollection of his life in his autobiography, from the battlefronts of Vietnam to the steps of revered spiritual sites across the world.
A TABLELANDS local has released a recollection of his life in his autobiography, from the battlefronts of Vietnam to the steps of revered spiritual sites across the world.
Darrell McDowall has written and released Gurus’ Bodyguard, an autobiography of his experiences in Vietnam and his consequential journey for new beliefs after witnessing its horrors.
Mr McDowall lived on the Tablelands for much of his life, growing up Tolga where his family owned a hotel and in Mareeba where his father owned a butcher shop.
“The Vietnam War pushed me to write this book as I lost all old beliefs during that combat and went searching for replacements to those beliefs,” Mr McDowall said. “I learnt many wonderful things about life and wished to pass them on. “This book is about my time in Vietnam as an infantryman and then a special services soldier.”
Mr McDowall includes many of his experiences and learnings in his book that he gathered from his travels across the world.
“The main part of the book is about all the famous people I served as a bodyguard, especially the spiritual leaders and what they taught and my interviews of them about life, love, marriage, etc,” he said. “The book seemed to have a will of its own and now was the perfect timing for its release as the world is ready for change and this information heralds that.”
The book can be bought on Amazon as an E-book for $9.90 or a hard cover for just over $20.
