At the Creation: Myth, Reality, and the Origin of the Harley-
Davidson Motorcycle, 1901-1909 By Herbert Wagner 258 pages, 170
b/w photos & illus., 1 map, 8 x 9" "At the Creation" by Herbert
Wagner brings to life the human side of Harley-Davidson's quest
to motorize the bicycle and then to promote it 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
was the province of dreamers and con men. This is the definitive
account of the beginnings of the only American motorcycle brand
to ultimately succeed and survive. 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 was an early center of
motorcycle manufacturing. Previous books on Harley-Davidson have
failed to adequately cover this critical period, which has been
described as the "e