Harley Davidson: The Ultimate Machine 100th Anniversary Edition 1903-2003
Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the  Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company, America's lone surviving  motorcycle manufacturer. This volume, an updated version of a  1997 work, represents but a fraction of the products,  promotions, and events that will commemorate the anniversary.  Although journalist Rafferty provides an adequate overview of  the company's history, development, and significant events by  era, this book is essentially a showy pictorial treatment of  Harley models and Harley history throughout the century, with  more than 300 vivid color photographs. Many of the two-page  close-ups of vintage Harleys are so finely detailed that oil  flecks and pits in metal are visible. Numerous accompanying  sidebars note distinctive features of each model. Better  histories of Harley-Davidson are available (see, e.g., David  Wright's The Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company), but this  pictorial tribute is an easy purchase at this price. For public  libraries.David Van de Streek, Pennsylvania State Univ. Libs.,  YorkCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.