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Title: Nerves of Steel : Bike Messengers in the United States by Rebecca Lambchop Reilly, Jo Yudess ISBN: 0970342608 Publisher: Spoke and Word Pub. Date: August, 2000 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $39.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5

Rating: 5
Summary: the best bike messenger book ever
Comment: not a great deal more to say

Rating: 4
Summary: Finally, the *real* face of messing!
Comment: Rebecca "Lambchop" Reilly takes you on an amazing adventure, working her way across the country as a bike messenger, introducing the reader to the people she meets along the way. Her take on the messenger industry is as frank and honest as you will ever find, showing the good with the bad, exposing her own triumphs and foibles, and clearly delineating the similarities and differences between the messengers in each of the major metropolitan cities she visits. This book is the polar opposite of Travis Culley's narcisstic book "The Immortal Class" -- Rebecca has no deep political agenda, nor does she pass judgement on her peers or society as a whole. She has no point to make other than to paint a portrait of the messenger, both historically and now. The only reason I didn't give this book the full five stars is that it is in dire need of a proof reader and some polish editing, one of the drawbacks of self-publishing.