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Author:

Ritchie, Andrew, 1943-

Title:

Major Taylor : the fastest bicycle rider in the world / Andrew Ritchie.

Edition:

2nd ed. updated, expanded and illustrated.

Publisher:

Cycle Publishing / Van der Plas Publications,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Taylor, Major,--1878-1932.
Cyclists--United States--Biography.
Bicycle racing--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-205) and index.

Contents:

1. Prologue : Major Taylor's time -- 2. Early guidance and inspiration -- 3. Bicycle boom and Jim Crow -- 4. Precocious teenager, colored champion of America -- 5. Rising star -- 6. New horizons, new opposition -- 7. The fastest bicycle rider in the world -- 8. Champion of America at last -- 9. Major Taylor, superstar -- 10. World traveler and international celebrity -- 11. Comeback and decline -- 12. Difficult adjustment -- 13. Autobiography and illness -- 14. Chicago tragedy -- Author's postscript -- About the photographs -- Chapter notes and sources -- Glossary of bicycle racing terminology -- Annotated bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

1892495651
9781892495655 (hc.)

LCCN:

2009929343

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)