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This definitive chronicle of America's first motorcycle is an essential for any motorbike aficionado. It features concise hardware histories of every model produced by Indian from 1901 to the mid-1950s, when the company ceased production.

Author Tod Rafferty also covers the millennial rebirth of the marque, including details and photographs of the new 2001 Indian Centennial Chief and the new Scout and Spirit.

This comprehensive volume contains more than 250 specially commissioned photographs, plus authoritative text and full specifications for all key machines.

"There's magic in the name Indian", proclaimed the ads, and thousands of motorcycling enthusiasts around the world agreed.

Given the dominance today of Harley Davidson, few realise that in the early years of this century Indian was the pre-eminent US motorcycle manufacturer, while Harley was struggling to make inroads into the market.

Indians had always had an aura and visual style of their own, but by the 1950s the company had gone out of business, leaving the field to Harley.

The new Millennium, however, sees the successful rebirth of the marque, after several false starts. A new Indian Chief (the 2000) was built (the machine is based on a Harley), and a new Scout also.

This superb book is the definitive colour chronicle of the legend that is Indian.

The Indian: The History of a Classic American Motorcycle by Tod Rafferty is a revised edition published in 2001 by Salamander Books, London.

It is a near-new extra-large format 152-page 28x31cm hard cover with dust jacket packed with excellent text and photographs.

There are some light ripples to the front top of the DJ and the odd very small scuff mark.

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