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The Original Wild Ones Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club

by: Hayes, Bill

The Original Wild Ones Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club

by: Hayes, Bill

ISBN 13:
9780760321935
ISBN 10:
0760321930
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 08/08/2005
Publisher: Motorbooks

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Summary

In 1947 a fracas at a motorcycle race in Hollister, California, in which a small number of motorcyclists, members of a club called "The Boozefighters," got a little juiced up and engaged in some street racing, was blown out of proportion thanks to a staged photo and sensationalistic "reporting" that found its way into an article in Life magazine. The event, or rather the mythology surrounding the event, formed the basis for the film The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando. Together the Hollister "riot" and the film jump started the outlaw motorcycle club scene.

Foreword	13	(4)
Preface	17	(2)
Acknowledgments	19	(2)
CHAPTER 1 The Tale of Grandpa and the Bottle of, uh, Milk...	21	(8)
CHAPTER 2 The Tale of "The Bats" (Thank God They Didn't Fly)	29	(4)
CHAPTER 3 The Tale of Evil Images: "Typical Speed Demons," The Riverside "Riots," An Honest Sheriff, Wild Red Hair, and the Electric Seat	33	(20)
CHAPTER 4 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	53	(16)
CHAPTER 5 The Tale of "Nine Toes," Hennessy's, and the Three Star Bottle	69	(4)
CHAPTER 6 The Tale of Gil Armas, C.B. Clausen, the Daytona Hustle, "Where's My Bike?" and the Origin of the Stroker	73
CHAPTER 7 The Tale of the Biker's Code of Life & Death	65	(26)
CHAPTER 8 The Tale of Jack Jordan, the "Twilight of the Immortals" and the Rusted Nuts	91	(12)
CHAPTER 9 The Tale of Irish Ed, a Dedication to the Era of the Original Wild Ones, a Closet Preacher, Pawnshop Julie, Flying Colors Alone	103	(16)
CHAPTER 10 The Tale of the Oldest Living Boozefighter	119	(6)
CHAPTER 11 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	125	(12)
CHAPTER 12 The Tale of the Mysterious Lost Boozefighters' Stories	137	(22)
CHAPTER 13 The Tale of Faces From the Past, The Three-Week Party, the Old Farmer in the Model A	159	(6)
CHAPTER 14 The Tale of Big Jim, Three Hundred and Eighteen Bikes, a True Biker's Last Will & Testament	165	(4)
CHAPTER 15 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	169	(10)
CHAPTER 16 The Tale of One More Journey Back to 1947, Hollister (Revisited), Eyewitnesses to the "Riot"	179	(12)
CHAPTER 17 The Tale of Cops	191	(10)
CHAPTER 18 The Tale of the Big Bluff	201	(10)
CHAPTER 19 The Tale From South of the Border	211	(12)
CHAPTER 20 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	223	(10)
CHAPTER 21 The Tale of Kokomo's Big Adventures	233	(6)
CHAPTER 22 The Tale of Jim Hunter, a Tale of Speed, the Brutal Death of a Bultaco, Turn Left, Go Right at 200 MPH	239	(6)
CHAPTER 23 The Tale of Tommie Greathouse	245	(6)
CHAPTER 24 The Tale of the Sound of Straight Pipes Heard 'Round the World	251	(12)
CHAPTER 25 The Tale of "Red Dog's" Funeral, Jack Lilly Steps Out From the Past, Echoes of a Last Request	263	(4)
CHAPTER 26 The Tale of the Three-Way Deal, the Search for the Lost Crocker	267	(6)
CHAPTER 27 The Tale of "Boozefighters UP!" Original Minutes, 1946 By-Laws, Ink Smears, "Good Clean Fun," and the "Sour Pickles of the Road"	273	(8)
CHAPTER 28 The Tale of Wino's Open Letter to the Club, Insights Into a Holy Heritage	281	(4)
CHAPTER 29 The Final Tale	285	(2)
INDEX	287

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