Gold Medal Winner 2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Award Best Holiday Book. 1st place winner for the Global International Best Christian Children's Book. This colorful and bright edition was created for young readers in mind. Attracting global media attention, The BBC, The View, The Colbert Report, New York Post, Huffington Post and many others for what the Kirkus Review calls a legitimate editing of the reference to the pipe and wreath of smoke for the first time in the history of this the most famous poem in the English language. This is the edition that is credited with having Santa stop smoking after 189 years and for taking a small bite out of history. The public health sector, parents, educators and grandparents have applauded and welcomed the addition of this child friendly edition. Printed on FSC certified paper from Wisconsin USA with vegetable ink dyes in hardcover, English, Spanish and French.
Table of Contents:
Introduction; The dawn of motorcycling; Phelon & Rayner -- the early years; The Humbers 1901-1907; The Phelon and Moore partnership 1904-1908; Under new management -- P&M 1908-1914; The V-twin; On Her Majesty's Service; Peace and the four speed P&Ms; A Panther is born; ohv Panthers 1924-1928; Redwing Panthers 1929-1932; Racing Panthers; Panther heavyweights 1933-1937; The Venture; The Guymar; Heavyweight developments 1938-1940; The Panthette V-twin and the Panther - Villiers; Red Panthers and Strouds 1932-1940; War and Peace; Sidecars and caravans; Post war Middleweights; Swedish mysteries and other exports; Return of the Panther Villiers; Cleckheaton's Princess; The biggest aspidistra in the world; The flight of the Phoenix; A tour of the works; Administration; Phelon and Mooore's patents; Biographies; Specifications; Index.