The Original Wild Ones

副标题: Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club

ISBN: 9780760321935

出版社: Motorbooks

出版年: 2005-08-08

页数: 256

定价: USD 25.95

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Founding members of one of American's most colorful biker clubs share the stories and myths behind their history 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 caricatured outlaw legend that has grown up around the name Hollister.