num_pages: 448
description: Pete Jordan author of Dishwasher tells the story of his love affair with Amsterdam the city of bikes all the while unfolding an unknown history of the city's cycling from the craze of the 1890s through the Nazi occupation to the bike-centric culture adored by the world today.Few people are audacious enough to lead a memoir-worthy life. Even fewer people are talented enough to write said memoir. By the grace of the literary gods Pete Jordan is both. -San Francisco Bay GuardianPart personal memoir part history of cycling part fascinating street-level tour of Amsterdam In the City of Bikes is the story of a man who loves bikes in a city that loves bikes.
language: English
title: In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist
publisher: Harper Perennial