William S. Harney

William Harley and Arthur Davidson (Harley Davidson) William Sylvester Harley was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 29, 1880. He received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He co-founded Harley Davidson with Arthur Davidson in 1903 and served as a chief engineer until his death in 1943. He was married with whom he had two sons and a daughter. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum in Milwaukee and was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of

”). This quote, from Jack Kerouac’s book On the Road, is a brilliant example of the overall feel of the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac is one of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation, rivaled only by the likes of Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burrough. But what exactly is the Beat Generation? What does it mean? Who of note was involved? When did it take place? The “Beat Generation” is a play on words, implying that the participants

In Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a story is told through the eyes of a large Columbian Indian who is a patient at a mental institution. His story explains all that has happened since he has been there. The key to his success is that no one seems to acknowledge his existence and would not hide secrets around him because he was thought to be deaf and dumb. He finds a way to learn everything that has happened, and he will eventually meet a revolutionary man who will change both his life

Every revolution has begun with a vision. The beat poetry rebellion’s just happened to be opioid-induced. Picture this: the 1950’s. With the threat of nuclear war on the horizon during the Cold War, the citizens of the United States began to detest their government. In 1952, homosexuality was officially classed as a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. In 1955, Allen Ginsberg first performed Howl, which would soon become the most widely controversial beat

Despite their conception in 1903, Harley-Davidson and the motorcycle industry as a whole didn’t really take off until after the Second World War. Many people rode motorcycles during the war, with Harley-Davidson themselves supplying almost 90,000 motorcycles for the U.S. military during this time. Many veterans chose to purchase motorcycles upon returning home, as they enjoyed riding during the war and wanted to continue riding in their civilian life. This generation known as the “baby-boomers”

Generation’s Effect on Jitterbug Perfume In the Novel Jitterbug Perfume, many themes and ideas from the Beat Generation can be found. The Beat Generation was a movement developed by young people who rejected conventional society in the late 1950's. The idea of the generation was strictly based on modern Jazz, free sexuality, recreational drugs, and rejecting standard ways. Developing sexuality, depending on drugs and the pursuit in individuality we taken from the Generation and creativity put

little shed with the words Harley-Davidson Motor Company inscribed on the front. Not only did they not burn down the shed but they created a business that thrives strong even today. William S. Harley, age 21, completed his first blueprint drawing of an engine designed to fit into a bicycle in the year 1901. By 1903 William Harley and Arthur Davidson developed a one cylinder motorcycle that

Kerouac was distraught with the complacency of living in one place, and set out with no real place to go, and as he writes in response to the farmer “we didn’t know the answer to the question, but it was a damn good question” (Kerouac). The 1940’s, post war America was looking up, the Great Depression was just coming to an end, but along with those that so eagerly bought into the consumerism of the time, arose a nation’s youth that was “alienated, restless, and dissatisfied.” looking for something

have forever changed the nature of American literature. They offered a method of escape from the unimaginative world we live in. There are many different writers who's work contributed to the literature of the beat movement; however; Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsburg were the most

I. Summary of the case study "Harley-Davidson – rockers ' idol" So, this case study is about Harley-Davidson, a brand of motorcycles and more precisely about its development since his foundation in 1903 by 21-year-old William S. Harley and 20-year-old Arthur Davidson. So, in 2003, it was the celebration of the 100th birthday of the Harley-Davidson. And, in order to commemorate it, fans of this famous brand rode until Milwaukee to see the parade of 10 000 Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Through this