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- Book Title
- Major Taylor : the Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer
- Publication Name
- Major Taylor
- Title
- Major Taylor
- Subtitle
- The Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0801853036
- EAN
- 9780801853036
- ISBN
- 9780801853036
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Cycling, Sports
- Release Date
- 28/03/1996
- Release Year
- 1996
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1996
- Features
- Reprint
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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World champion at 19 . . . One of the first black athletes to become world champion in any sport . . . 1-mile record holder . . . American sprint champion in 1898, 1899, 1900 . . . triumphant tours of Europe and Australia . . . Victories against all European champions . . . Until now a forgotten, shadowy figure, Marshall Walter ''Major'' Taylor is here revealed as one of the early sports world's most stylish, entertaining, and gentlemanly personalities. Born in 1878 in Indianapolis, the son of poor rural parents, Taylor worked in a bike shop until prominent bicycle racer ''Birdie'' Munger coached him for his first professional racing successes in 1896. Despite continuous bureaucratic--and, at times, physical--opposition, he won his first national championship two years later and became world champion in 1899 in Montreal. This beautifully illustrated, vividly narrated, and scrupulously researched biography recreates the life of a great international athlete at the turn of the century. Based on ten years of research--including extensive interviews with Major Taylor's 91-year old daughter--this is the dramatic story of a young black man who, against prodigious odds, rose to fame and stardom in the tempestuous world of international professional bicycle racing a century ago.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801853036
ISBN-13
9780801853036
eBay Product ID (ePID)
462775
Product Key Features
Book Title
Major Taylor : the Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Cycling, Sports
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv1051.T3r58 1996
Edition Description
Reprint
Reviews
"A point made by Mr. Ritchie... in this earnest and well-researched study is that Taylor, only the second black after the boxer George Dixon to win a world championship, hardly left a trace that he had passed."--Samuel Abt, New York Times Book Review, "As Andrew Ritchie's excellent biography demonstrates, [Taylor] became a cycling star not only through natural talent. He also had what one might call a force of dignity."--Tim Hilton, Times Literary Supplement, A point made by Mr. Ritchie... in this earnest and well-researched study is that Taylor, only the second black after the boxer George Dixon to win a world championship, hardly left a trace that he had passed., ""Member of an oppressed race, hero in a nation with limited historical memory, this man, who had been so well known and whose life was so interesting, has been virtually forgotten. Ritchie's book admirably recaptures the story for us."", "Member of an oppressed race, hero in a nation with limited historical memory, this man, who had been so well known and whose life was so interesting, has been virtually forgotten. Ritchie's book admirably recaptures the story for us."--Elliott J. Gorn, Journal of American History, Member of an oppressed race, hero in a nation with limited historical memory, this man, who had been so well known and whose life was so interesting, has been virtually forgotten. Ritchie's book admirably recaptures the story for us., As Andrew Ritchie's excellent biography demonstrates, [Taylor] became a cycling star not only through natural talent. He also had what one might call a force of dignity.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Prologue Chapter 2. Early Guidance and Inspiration Chapter 3. Bicycle Boom and Jim Crow Chapter 4. Precocious Teenager, Colored Champion of America Chapter 5. Rising Star Chapter 6. New Horizons, New Opposition Chapter 7. The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World Chapter 8. Champion of America at Last Chapter 9. Superstar Chapter 10. World Traveler and International Celebrity Chapter 11. Comeback and Decline Chapter 12. Difficult Adjustment Chapter 13. Autobiography and Illness Chapter 14. Chicago Tragedy Author's Postscript About the Photographs Illustrations, Picture Sources, and Credits Notes and Sources Glossary of Bicycle Racing Terminology Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
1996
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
95-044486
Dewey Decimal
796.6/092 B
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
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