The Perfect Vehicle: What It Is About Motorcycles
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The Perfect Vehicle: What It Is About Motorcycles. Number of Pages: 240. Weight: 0.67 lbs. Publication Date: 1998-05-17. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Perfect Vehicle: What It Is About Motorcycles ISBN13: 9780393318098 ISBN10: 0393318095 Author: Pierson, Melissa Holbrook (Author) Description: In A Book That Is A Must For Anyone Who Has Loved A Motorcycle (Oliver Sacks), Melissa Pierson Captures In Vivid, Writerly Prose The Mysterious Attractions Of Motorcycling She Sifts Through Myth And Hyperbole: Misrepresentations About Danger, About The Type Of People Who Ride And Why They Do So The Perfect Vehicle Is Not A Mere Recitation Of Facts, Nor Is It A Polemic Or Apologia Its Vivid Historical Accounts-The Beginnings Of The Machine, The Often Hidden Tradition Of Women Who Ride, The Tale Of The Defiant Ones Who Taunt Death On The Racetrack-Are Intertwined With Pierson's Own Story, Which, In Itself, Shows That Although You May Think You Know What Kind Of Person Rides A Motorcycle, You Probably Don't This Book, A Polished, Winding Meditation On The Theory And Fractiousness Of Motorcycles, Celebrates Both Their Eccentric History And The Wary Pleasures Of Touring --The New Yorker A Selection From This Book Appeared In Harper's Photos Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication Date: 1998-05-17 Weight: 0.67 lbs Dimensions: 0.67'' H x 8.26'' L x 6.15'' W Number of Pages: 240 Language: English
