The devil can ride
Subtitle: the world's best motorcycle writing
By: edited by Lee Klancher
Publisher: Motorbooks
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780760334775
Subjects: Motorcycles; Motorcycling
Description: Authors, poets, and songwriters like Tom Waits, Arlo Guthrie, Hunter Thompson, and Robert Pirsig have written about the motorcycle, that icon for outlaws, rebels, thieves, and beat poets. This collection of motorcycle talesnbsp;features the best of the vast collection of motorcycle writing created since old Gottlieb Daimler first bolted a crude internal-combustion engine to his wooden two-wheeled Einspur in 1876.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: King of all kings / Mark Singer; title: Song of the sausage creature / Hunter S. Thompson; title: The seeds of rebellion / Dave Nichols; title: That critical first ride / Peter Egan; title: TD1: a personal remembrance / Keven Cameron; title: Welcome to Texas Motorcycle Saftey School / Sebastian Gallese; title: Memorial Day weekend 1967 / John Hall; title: You're only crazy once / Tom Cotter; title: Mechanical minded / Kris Palmer; title: Grease under the angel's wings / Adele Kubin; title: The gang's all here / Mark Singer; title: Grandfather's milk / Bill Hayes; title: Evel Kneivel / James Stevenson; title: The TD1 sugar daddy / Joe Scalzo; title: Mozambique and Tanzania / Dan Walsh; title: The road / T.E. Lawrence; title: The heart of Africa / Jamie Elvidge; title: Ghost town / Elena Filatova; title: The racer as tourist / Keven Cameron; title: Rockin' and rollin'...rollin'...rollin' / Brian Catterson; title: The search for George Orwell's motorbike / Jock Mackneish; title: Open for business / Lee Klancher; title: The empty road / Robert Pirsig; title: Riding home / Jack Lewis; title: Silver wing / Steven L. Thompson; title: Scoring a victory / Darwin Holmstrom; title: The invasion / Michael Dregni; title: Do you believe in fairies? / Michelle Ann Duff.