| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 513 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Part 1 -- 1. To the White House -- 2. The Fastest Things on Wheels -- 3. Gentlemen Amateurs Turn Professional -- 4. John M. Chapman, Czar of Cycling -- 5. A Bizarre Twist -- 6. Wonderful Nonsense in the Jazz Age -- 7. Sputtering to an End -- Part 2 -- 8. L'Américain -- 9. Jack Heid, America's Premier Cyclist -- 10. The Allure and Agony of European Road Racing -- 11. Outside Normal Limits -- 12. America's First Woman National Champion -- 13. Pedali Alpini -- 14. The Rainbow at the End of the Crash -- Part 3 -- 15. The Awakening |
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16. Breaking Away -- 17. The Drought Finally Ends -- 18. The Americans Are Coming, the Americans Are Coming -- 19. "The Day the Big Men Cried" -- 20. Liars Club -- 21. Queen of the Oval Hour -- 22. The Match Sprinters -- 23. A Mother, Three Olympics, Three Gold Medals -- 24. The Summing Up -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Notes |
"First edition published 1988"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 08, 2020) |
| Subject |
Bicycle racing -- United States.
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Cycling -- United States
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Cycling.
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Bicycle racing
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Cycling
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
University of Nebraska Press.
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| ISBN |
9781496221339 |
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1496221338 |
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9781496221353 |
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1496221354 |
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