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Major : a black athlete, a White era, and the fight to be the world's fastest human being
- Title
- Major : a black athlete, a White era, and the fight to be the world's fastest human being / Todd Balf.
- Author
- Balf, Todd.
- Publication
- New York : Crown Publishers, c2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV1051.T3 B35 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 306 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- At the turn of the 20th century, hundreds of handsome, lightning-fast racers won the hearts and minds of a bicycling-crazed public. Scientists studied them, newspapers glorified them, and millions of dollars in purse money was awarded to them. Major Taylor aimed to be the fastest of them all. A prominent black man at a time when such a thing was deemed scandalous, his mounting victories, high moral virtue, and bulletlike riding style made him a target for ridicule from the press and sabotage by the white riders who shared the track with him. This is the account of a fierce rivalry that would become an archetypal tale of white versus black in the 20th century. But it is also the tale of our nation's first black sports celebrity--a man who transcended the handicaps of race at the turn of the century to reach the stratosphere of fame.--From publisher description.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-290) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780307236586
- 0307236587
- LCCN
- 2007020747
- OCLC
- ocn137325089
- SCSB-1463435
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library