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.
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