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02346aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 2095EF38794511EEAB8C8A0C42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231102010025 008 230907s2023 maua j b 000 0beng d 010 $a bl2023065002 020 $a 1536214981 020 $a 9781536214987 035 $a (OCoLC)1396267996 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c PCX $e rda $d PCX $d OCLCO $d JCX $d YDX $d BDX $d IOU $d TOH $d SDG $d LE# $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Smith, Charles R., $c Jr., $d 1969- $e author. 245 10 $a Major Taylor : $b world cycling champion / $c Charles R. Smith Jr. ; illustrated by Leo Espinosa. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Somerville, Massachusetts : $b Candlewick Press, $c 2023. 300 $a 1 volume (unpaged) : $b color illustrations ; $c 29 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "One hundred years ago, one of the most popular spectator sports was bicycle racing, and the man to beat was Marshall "Major" Taylor, who set records in his teens and won his first world championship by age twenty. The first African American world champion in cycling and the second Black athlete to win a world championship in any sport, Major Taylor faced down challenge after challenge, not least the grueling Six-Day Race, a test of speed, strength, and endurance. With energy, heart, and pounding verse, Charles R. Smith Jr. evokes the excitement of the crowd at Madison Square Garden as Major powered through exhaustion, hallucinations, and racist abuse from fellow riders, who tried to crash his bike throughout the competition. Leo Espinosa's dynamic illustrations capture the action, and as day six draws to a close, and Major's odds narrow, there is little doubt that his triumphant rise and legacy as an international cycling champion are assured--whatever the outcome of one race--in this high-octane tribute to a trailblazing athlete"-- $c Provided by publisher. 700 1 $a Espinosa, Leo, $e illustrator. 941 $a 7 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045209.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20240223010157.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012520.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20240106011109.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20231215010144.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20231118010402.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20231102010552.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2095EF38794511EEAB8C8A0C42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search