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Ray, Bill

 
9780595294336: My First Bicycle Was a J.C. Higgins
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595294332 ISBN 13 : 9780595294336
Editeur : iUniverse, 2003

Synopsis

A comedy about a 9-year-old boy who is disappointed and concerned about his social status in his grammar school and community because he receives a J.C.Higgins bicycle instead of a Schwinn. To make his point he compares his J.C.Higgins to America's laughable version of an automobile The Edsel. He talks about kids so desperate to not be associated with either the Edsel or the Higgins that they invented "Edsel Escape Diving". This was a precision move designed by kids so that when the parents slowed the family Edsel in order to pull into the school yard, the kids would leap from the car while it was still in motion. The purpose for that little maneuver was to put as much distance as possible between themselves and the joke that Detroit played on an unsuspecting public.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A comedy about a 9-year-old boy who is disappointed and concerned about his social status in his grammar school and community because he receives a J.C.Higgins bicycle instead of a Schwinn. To make his point he compares his J.C.Higgins to America's laughable version of an automobile The Edsel. He talks about kids so desperate to not be associated with either the Edsel or the Higgins that they invented "Edsel Escape Diving". This was a precision move designed by kids so that when the parents slowed the family Edsel in order to pull into the school yard, the kids would leap from the car while it was still in motion. The purpose for that little maneuver was to put as much distance as possible between themselves and the joke that Detroit played on an unsuspecting public.

Biographie de l'auteur

I am a retired business executive diagnosed with Parkinson?s. There are advantages to having the disease. For instance, when the tremors are bad I can wash and wax a car in 42 seconds. I make a great martini and I am entertaining the idea of becoming a surgeon.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595294332
ISBN 13 
9780595294336
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
48
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
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