At the Creation: Myth, Reality, and the Origin of the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle, 1901-1909

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At the Creation by Herbert Wagner brings to life the human side of Harley-Davidson’s quest to motorize the bicycle after which to put it on the market as a powerful, fast, reliable, and thrilling means of personal transportation. This book examines the origins of two-wheeled transportation from a time when combining the gasoline engine with the bicycle used to be the province of dreamers and con men. That is the definitive account of the beginnings of the one American motorcycle brand to in the end succeed and live to tell the tale.

Backed by a decade of research, At the Creation documents for the first time the early years of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle in its birthplace of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, an area that used to be an early center of motorcycle manufacturing. Previous books on Harley-Davidson have failed to adequately cover this essential period, which has been described as the “era of mystery” by Harley-Davidson company historian Martin Jack Rosenblum. At the Creation takes on several long-standing puzzles and myths, after which, through using period documents and original photographs, recreates the real events of Harley’s first years as they most plausibly occurred.
 

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