- 448 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Pete Jordan, author of the wildly popular Dishwasher: One Man’s Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, is back with a memoir that tells the story of his love affair with Amsterdam, the city of bikes, all the while unfolding an unknown history of the city's cycling, from the craze of the 1890s, through the Nazi occupation, to the bike-centric culture adored by the world today
Pete never planned to stay long in Amsterdam, just a semester. But he quickly falls in love with the city and soon his wife, Amy Joy, joins him. Together they explore every inch of their new home on two wheels, their rides a respite from the struggles that come with starting a new life in a new country.
Weaving together personal anecdotes and details of the role that cycling has played throughout Dutch history, Pete Jordan’s In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist is a poignant and entertaining read.
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Table of contents
- Dedication
- Author’s Note
- Contents
- 1: Even a Man from America Can See a Few Things: The Arrival
- 2: Lucky Few: The 1890s
- 3: Piggy Hunters: The Bike Thievery
- 4: King of the Street: The 1920s
- 5: It Made My Head Swim: The Elephants, Centaurs, Punks and Nuns
- 6: A Matter of Individual Expression: The Land of the Automobile vs. the Land of the Bicycle
- 7: Problem Children: The 1930s
- 8: Which One’s the Wrench?: The Settling Down
- 9: We Were True Libertines: The First Two Years of the Occupation
- 10: Smash Your Bikes to Bits, Slice Your Tires to Pieces: The Mass Bike Confiscation
- 11: You No Longer Think, You Just Pedal: The Final Years of the Occupation
- 12: Give My Father’s Bike Back: The Occupation’s Legacy
- 13: After You Passed: The Mystery Rider
- 14: It’s Chaos with the Bicycles: The 1950s
- 15: A Bike Is Coming: The New Additions
- 16: A Bike Is Something, Yet Almost Nothing!: The 1960s
- 17: A Big Success: The Urban Myths of the White Bicycles
- 18: A Typical Amsterdam Characteristic: The Bike Fishermen
- 19: Death to the Car!: The 1970s
- 20: It’s a Joy to Be on a Bike Again!: The 1980s Onward
- 21: Let’s Ride: Looking Back and Looking Forward
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- About the Author
- Also by Pete Jordan
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
- Footnotes