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

Culley, Travis Hugh Hugh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375760245 ISBN 13: 9780375760242

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2002

Synopsis

The Immortal Class At his day job as a Chicago bicycle messenger, the author found a sense of community and fulfillment encountered nowhere else. Culley takes readers inside the heart and soul of an American urban icon and tells a story of life on the urban streets. Full description

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Review:

"A book that could be called Zen and the Art of Bicycle Messengering . . . Just try to ignore [Culley's] story. . . . He lived to tell the tale, and it's a great one." --The Arizona Republic

"The Immortal Class deftly blends high theory with adrenaline-spiked tales from the front . . . that offer a fascinating look at a landscape few office workers ever glimpse." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Culley has written a paean to his profession."--Chicago

"An ever-kinetic prose straddling narrative and polemic, with an ear all the while for the small pebbles slipping beneath its feet."--The Seattle Times

"Fresh . . . On the frenzied rawness of courier life, Mr. Culley excels . . . Lively prose."--The Economist

About the Author:

Travis Hugh Culley, a director and playwright, has worked as a bike messenger in Philadelphia and Chicago, where he currently lives.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375760245
• ISBN 13: 9780375760242
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354