Rebuilding the Indian

This memoir purports to be about the building of a beautiful vintage motorcycle from a cardboard box full of parts. But it is really about countless other and less tangible things: the passage of midlife, the joys and heartbreaks of fatherhood, the changing seasons, the beauty and sorrow of everyday life. As the author faces expectant fatherhood, he impulsively embarks on the quixotic project of rebuilding a 1941 Indian Chief motorcycle. The twists and turns of the project become the story of a man's rebuilding his life, redefining himself, and taking a new chance on life.