Wheel fever : how Wisconsin became a great bicycling state / Jesse J. Gant and Nicholas J. Hoffman.

Author
Gant, Jesse J. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2013]
  • ©2013
Description
xxx, 255 pages : illustrations (some colored) ; 23 cm

Details

Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Machine generated contents note: 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.
ISBN
  • 9780870206139 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0870206133 (pbk. : alk. paper)
SuDoc no.
HIS.2:B 53/2013
LCCN
2013007080
OCLC
844245082
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