The Immortal Class: Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power

The Immortal Class: Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power
by Travis Culley

The Immortal Class: Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power
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Author: Travis Culley
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-08-13
ISBN: 0375760245
Number of pages: 324
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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  • ISBN13: 9780375760242
  • Condition: New
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Book Review: I'll miss you, Travis
Summary: 5 Stars

Reviewer: A reader from Chicago, IL United States wrote
"The Immortal Class is a book with endless potential, but Culley let's his bloated ego and misinformed angst get in the way."

Bloated ego?? Misinformed angst?? Did I read the SAME book as this person who chose not to name themselves in their review???

I don't even remember how I ended up buying this book, to be honest. Perhaps a recommendation when searching authors or something, but I'm thrilled I did. Seems everyone else (who have said POSITIVE things!) has stated my feelings about this book - I loved it. (And every one of the 4 different bike messengers who have come into my place of employment has read this book and loved it as well.) I just wanted to say that Travis Culley HAS reached his potential. His powers of observation are unparalleled. His insight into human behaviors is right on. His passion is intense. His ability to put into words his every movement, feeling, ache and pain so that it transfers from the page straight to the reader seems effortless. It's a wonderful read. Pure and simple. I hated finishing the book, and I'll miss my lunch 1/2 hours that I spent reading it, which I called "lunch with Travis." All I want to know now is... what's next, Trav??

Summary of The Immortal Class: Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power

Travis Hugh Culley went to Chicago to make his name in its thriving theater scene, yet found in his day job a sense of community and fulfillment?and a brotherhood of like-minded individualists?that he encountered nowhere else.

In The Immortal Class, Culley takes us inside the heart and soul of an American urban icon: the bicycle messenger. In describing his own history and those of his peers, he evokes a classic American maverick, deeply woven into the fabric of society?from the pits of squalor to the highest reaches of power and privilege?yet always resolutely, exuberantly outside.

Culley?s voice is at once earthy and soaringly poetic?a Gen-X Tom Joad at hyperspeed. The Immortal Class is a unique personal and political narrative of a cyclist?s life on the street.

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