Hear Me Roar: Women, Motorcycles and the Rapture of the Road, New Ed.
Language: English
Published by Whitehorse Pr, 2001
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- Title
- Hear Me Roar: Women, Motorcycles and the Rapture of the Road, New Ed.
- Author
- Ferrar, Ann
- Publisher
- Whitehorse Pr
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1884313248
- ISBN 13
- 9781884313240
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
Among the earliest hidden rule-breakers in the book is Bessie Stringfield(1911-1993), an African American motorcycling pioneer who traversed thecontinent on her Harley-Davidsons in the pre-Civil Rights era. AuthorAnn Ferrar, who knew Stringfield personally, recorded the only soundrecordings of Bessie Stringfield in existence. The result was Ferrar'scompelling and colorful true story "Bessie B. Stringfield: The ColorBlue," featured in Chapter Two of Hear Me Roar. This authentic,primary-sourced story by Ferrar was the first to introduce the amazingbut unknown Bessie Stringfield to the world. (SeeBessieStringfieldBook.com for more on this.)
Another popular true story in Hear Me Roar is that of the Van Buren sisters, who in 1916 rode across the USA onIndian Scout motorcycles to prove that women would be fit to serve asdispatch riders in World War I. Ferrar's story "Dot Robinson: A Rebel in a Pink Disguise" brings to life 1930's sidecar enduranceracer Dot Robinson of the Motor Maids. Despite her gritty determinationas an endurance racer through the woods of Michigan, after she retiredfrom the sport, Dot was known for riding pink Harleys with matching pink outfits.
Moving on to the second half of the 20th century, Hear Me Roar looks at dozens of spirited, independent women who excelled inmotorcycle sports and distinguished themselves in different bikersubcultures. These women include: Becky Brown of Ohio, who in the late1970's founded the international club Women in the Wind; and Sue Slateand Gin Shear of upstate New York, who in the 1990's began the Women'sMotorcyclist Foundation and launched the Pony Express National Ride forBreast Cancer Research.
This award-winning book is the original women's motorcycling "bible." Accept no imitations. The first edition of Hear Me Roar (NY: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1996) and the later printing (NH: WhitehorsePress, 2000) are identical except for an extra preface by the author and a slightly enhanced cover title design on the later printing.
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About the Author
Ann rode her own motorcycles for 18 years andwas an urban biker and a long-distance rider. Ferrar, with herbackground in journalism and passion for women's studies, created Hear Me Roar, the first book to chronicle women's mobility and gender role-reversalon motorcycles. Ferrar interviewed scores of women bikers, rode tens ofthousands of miles around America and was a participant-observer indozens of motorcycle events.
Ann met Bessie Stringfield at the start of her research for Hear Me Roar and the two women became friends. In her coming book "African AmericanQueen of the Road: The Untold Storyof Bessie Stringfield, A Memoir ofRace, Resilience and the Road," the author is expanding on her story"Bessie B. Stringfield: The Color Blue." This story for Hear Me Roar introduced the late Ms. Stringfield to the world.
Ferrar has been consulted for her expertise on the history of women bikers for college and library talks. In 2002, the author adapted her story"Bessie B. Stringfield: The Color Blue" for the museum's website and for Bessie's induction speech at the Hall of Fame ceremony. Ferrar wasinterviewed for PBS and History Channel programs such as Glory Road: The Legacy of the African American Motorcyclist and American Biker.
Born in South Brooklyn, the author is an alumna of Brooklyn College, CityUniversity of New York. A member of the Authors Guild, Ann lived inManhattan for many years. She still lives in the Northeastern UnitedStates.
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