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Original Wild Ones Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club

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ISBN-10: 0760321930

ISBN-13: 9780760321935

Edition: 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Bill Hayes, Dave Nichols

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The seminal event in "outlaw biker" culture was a 1947 weekend in Hollister, California. Motorcyclists, including members of the Boozefighters club, engaged in street racing and other raucous activities. A sensationalized report of the event ran in LIFE magazine, along with frightening (albeit posed) photos of the outlaws. Was the event (later portrayed in Marlon Brando’s The Wild One) as wild as reported? Or, in truth, was it even wilder? The answer is found in this book filled with first-person accounts from past and present members of the Boozefighters and others on the scene. This is gripping narrative of a now-legendary event. It’s a true story that is more interesting than the…    
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Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Publication date: 8/8/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Born in Minneapolis in 1961 and raised in Spokane, Bill Hayes studied writing at Santa Clara University & has worked for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Library Foundation, & the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. His work has been published in "The New York Times Magazine", "Details", & Salon.com, among other publications.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Tale of Grandpa and the Bottle of, uh, Milk...
The Tale of "The Bats" (Thank God They Didn't Fly)
The Tale of Evil Images: "Typical Speed Demons," The Riverside "Riots," An Honest Sheriff, Wild Red Hair, and the Electric Seat
The Tale Of Vern Autrey, the "Shanghai Red" Bar, Too Much Fun at the All-American, Gas Girls, Cold Feet in the Stove, "The Toughest Corner in the World," and Teri and Wino's Bathroom
The Tale of "Nine Toes," Hennessy's, and the Three-Star Bottle
The Tale of Gil Armas, C. B. Clausen, the Daytona Hustle, "Where's My Bike?" and the Origin of the Stroker
The Tale of the Biker's Code of Life & Death
The Tale of Jack Jordan, the "Twilight of the Immortals" and the Rusted Nuts
The Tale of Irish Ed, a Dedication to the Era of the Original Wild Ones, a Closet Preacher, Pawnshop Julie, Flying Colors Alone
The Tale of the Oldest Living Boozefighter
The Tale of "Snowman's" Quest for the Originals, the Funeral of Bobby Kelton, the "Eight-Valve," Wino's Busted Tooth and the Dremel Tool Dentist, Willie and Teri Joined Together Again in the Sea, More Truth About Hollister, Goldie, Lap Dancin' for Willie
The Tale of the Mysterious Lost Boozefighters' Stories
The Tale of Faces From the Past, The Three-Week Party, the Old Farmer in the Model A
The Tale of Big Jim, Three Hundred and Eighteen Bikes, a True Biker's Last Will & Testament
The Tale of McWino Burgers, Showtime at the All American, Shiny Tambourines and Wild Monkeys, The Studebaker and the Forklift, The Drunk in the Sawdust, Hot Water Heater Racing, No 'CLOSED' Sign, No Locks
The Tale of One More Journey Back to 1947, Hollister (Revisited), Eyewitnesses to the "Riot"
The Tale of Cops
The Tale of the Big Bluff
The Tale From South of the Border
The Tale of Teri, Dago, and the Boozettes, Jim Cameron, Earl Carlos, and More Warmth at the All American, a Final Toast to Fat Boy
The Tale of Kokomo's Big Adventures
The Tale of Jim Hunter, a Tale of Speed, the Brutal Death of a Bultaco, Turn Left, Go Right at 200 MPH
The Tale of Tommie Greathouse
The Tale of the Sound of Straight Pipes Heard 'Round the World
The Tale of "Red Dog's" Funeral, Jack Lilly Steps Out From the Past, Echoes of a Last Request
The Tale of the Three-Way Deal, the Search for the Lost Crocker
The Tale of "Boozefighters UP!" Original Minutes, 1946 By-Laws, Ink Smears, "Good Clean Fun," and the "Sour Pickles of the Road"
The Tale of Wino's Open Letter to the Club, Insights into a Holy Heritage
The Final Tale
Index