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Outlaw machine : Harley-Davidson and the search for the American soul
- Title
- Outlaw machine : Harley-Davidson and the search for the American soul / Brock Yates.
- Author
- Yates, Brock, 1933-2016.
- Publication
- Boston, Mass : Little, Brown, [1999], ©1999.
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| Text | Request in advance | TL448.H3 Y38 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xviii, 249 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
- Summary
- "In Outlaw Machine, noted automotive writer Brock Yates tells the definitive history of Harley Davidson motorcycles and their place in American culture.
- From their relatively wholesome reputation before the war (Clark Gable was a devoted Harley rider) to the rise of the Hells Angels (originally a small club formed by disaffected World War II vets, now a huge organization with a worldwide reputation) to the counterculture classic Easy Rider, Yates looks at American history through the lens of the Harley Davidson."--BOOK JACKET.
- "This is also the success story of the company itself - a small family business that became the industry leader, only to get clobbered by stiff Japanese competition. In the 1980s, the company made a stunning turnaround when white-collar suburbanites rediscovered the Harley."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The Beast Awakens. 1. First Contact. 2. Birth of the Terror. 3. The Image Destroyed and Created -- Pt. 2. Origins of the Legend. 4. An Honest Machine. 5. Burdens of Leadership. 6. Descent into the Seventies. 7. The Eagle Flies Alone -- Pt. 3. The Great Revival. 8. The Charge of the Rolex Brigades. 9. The Daytona Syndrome. Epilogue: Cowboys Around the World.
- ISBN
- 0316967181 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 98037244
- OCLC
- 39786605
- ocm39786605
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries