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Author Homan, Andrew M., 1964-

Title Life in the slipstream : the legend of Bobby Walthour Sr / andrew M. Homan
Edition 1st ed
Published Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Georgia Peach Blossom; 2 Bobby and Blanche; 3 Prince of atlanta; 4 Bipartite Bicycling; 5 In the Slipstream; 6 Six Daze; 7 Gentlemen, Start Your Engines; 8 Twentieth Century Fox; 9 Cold Start, Big Money; 10 At the Edge of the Garden; 11 Sunday Preacher; 12 American Champion; 13 Back in Dixie; 14 Baptism of Blood; 15 Dixie Flyers; 16 L'Imbattable Walthour; 17 On Top of the World; 18 Sputtering Skyrocket; 19 Déjà Vu; 20 An American Superstar in Paris; 21 Crash and Burn; 22 Nine Lives; 23 Herr Walthour; 24 Russian Roulette Survivor; Notes; Index
AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; About the Author
Summary The riveting life of one of America's most famous cyclists
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Walthour, Bobby, 1878-1949.
SUBJECT Walthour, Bobby, 1878-1949 fast
Subject Cyclists -- United States -- Biography
Bicycle racing -- United States -- History
Bicycle racing -- Europe -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Cycling.
Bicycle racing
Cyclists
Europe
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781597977685
1597977683