Jean Davidson's Harley-Davidson Family Album - Hardcover

Davidson, Jean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0896586294 ISBN 13: 9780896586291

Publisher: Motorbooks, 2003

Synopsis

Here's an inside look at Harley-Davidson as only family members could tell it! Jean Davidson's Harley-Davidson Family Album presents never-before-seen family photos, as well as personal stories from the perspective of a family member and former Harley-Davidson dealer. Jean Davidson, the granddaughter of Walter Davidson, one of the four founders and the first president of Harley-Davidson, and the daughter of company vice-president Gordon Davidson, shares such family stories as: how four boys built their first bike in a shed in 1902, speculation about how the firm was named, how the family's rich hermit uncle saved the fledgling corporation from bankruptcy, the story behind the Silent Gray Fellow, and the sale and buy-back of the company. It also includes photos and reminiscences from Sarah and Mary Harley, granddaughters of William S. Harley. This memoir of the Harley-Davidson motorcycling dynasty presents a family album of rare photos of family members and fun photos of all those fabulous Harley-Davidson motorcycles: putting a personal face on the world's most famous motorcycle maker.

About this title

About the Author:

Jean Davidson is the author of Voyageur Press's "Growing Up Harley-Davidson." She first rode on one of her family's famous motorcycles at age three. She is the granddaughter of Harley-Davidson founder and President Walter Davidson and the daughter of Harley-Davidson Vice President of Manufacturing Gordon McLay Davidson. She is a former Harley-Davidson dealer.

From Booklist:

In this, the 100th anniversary year of the founding of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle company, the granddaughter of one of the four founders shares the history, legends, and many personal photos of the marque that simply defines motorcycle for most people. Page after eye-catching and attention-arresting page takes readers down memory lane as the author discusses such topics as Harley-Davidson's first venture into motorcycle racing, the family life of the men who were the founders, women workers at H-D factories, and H-D during wartimes. As fun as the book is for motorcycle enthusiasts, it also is important in terms of filling a niche in the overall history of the American vehicle business. Brad Hooper
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About this edition

• Publisher: Motorbooks
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0896586294
• ISBN 13: 9780896586291
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128