01917cam a2200253 4500 1845146475 TxAuBib 20250106120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798368990071 f1f5c2b2-7383-4287-a5b3-1ab01f497153 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 11385032 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Pierson, Melissa Holbrook. The Perfect Vehicle [Libby Audiobook] : What It Is About Motorcycles. Spotify Audiobooks, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 231MB. HTML:"This book, a polished, winding meditation on the theory and fractiousness of motorcycles, celebrates both their eccentric history and the wary pleasures of touring."―The New Yorker In a book that is "a must for anyone who has loved a motorcycle" (Oliver Sacks), Melissa Pierson captures in vivid, writerly prose the mysterious attractions of motorcycling. She sifts through myth and hyperbole: misrepresentations about danger, about the type of people who ride and why they do so. The Perfect Vehicle is not a mere recitation of facts, nor is it a polemic or apologia. Its vivid historical accounts-the beginnings of the machine, the often hidden tradition of women who ride, the tale of the defiant ones who taunt death on the racetrack-are intertwined with Pierson's own story, which, in itself, shows that although you may think you know what kind of person rides a motorcycle, you probably don't.. Transportation. Nonfiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-01-06 20:00:03. Woodward, Leanne. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f1f5c2b2-7383-4287-a5b3-1ab01f497153&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)