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Wheel Fever : How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (287 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780870206146
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Wheel FeverDDC classification:
  • 796.6/409775
LOC classification:
  • GV1045
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by David Herlihy -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State -- 1. Velocipede Mania -- 2. The Dawn of Wisconsin's High-Wheel Era -- 3. The Rise of Wisconsin's Amateur Cycling Clubs -- 4. The Safety Model and the Beginning of Wisconsin's Bicycling Boom -- 5. The Troubled Beginnings of Wheel Fever -- 6. The Leading Division of the West -- 7. Women and Labor during the Boom -- 8. Walter Sanger, Major Taylor, and Professional Racing at the End of the Boom -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by David Herlihy -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State -- 1. Velocipede Mania -- 2. The Dawn of Wisconsin's High-Wheel Era -- 3. The Rise of Wisconsin's Amateur Cycling Clubs -- 4. The Safety Model and the Beginning of Wisconsin's Bicycling Boom -- 5. The Troubled Beginnings of Wheel Fever -- 6. The Leading Division of the West -- 7. Women and Labor during the Boom -- 8. Walter Sanger, Major Taylor, and Professional Racing at the End of the Boom -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors.

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