For good reason the origin period of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle has been called an ”era of mystery”. Not only were Harley-Davidson’s origins poorly recorded, but the company’s beginnings were further obscured by later confused and contradictory claims that developed into myths. In this work author Herbert Wagner examines several long-standing puzzles and unanswered questions, and then, through the use of period documents and original photographs, recreated the actual events of Harley-Davidson’s first years as they most plausibly occured. At the Creation is the definitve account of the beginnings of the only surviving American motorcycle brand, and it is also a first-rate detective story.