An American Cycling Odyssey, 1887
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In 1887 a twenty-one-year-old newspaperman named George Nellis (1865-1948) rode a bicycle from Herkimer, New York, to San Francisco in seventy-two days, surpassing the transcontinental bicycle record by several weeks. He averaged fifty miles a day pedalling a fifty-two-inch, high-wheeled Columbia Expert "ordinary" bicycle with a tubular steel frame and hard rubber tires, and he lost twenty-three pounds in the process. He bicycled ever westward...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0803224087
ISBN13:9780803224087
Release Date:September 2002
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.93 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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An excellent read!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
A very enjoyable and well written book about a 19th century cyclo-journalist riding across the continent. The journey was a harbinger of events such as Race Across America. The book is extraordinarily well written by a professor of English and captures the sense of adventure Mr. Nellis must have had to launch such an undertaking. Highly recommended for cyclists, fans of travel writing, and those with an interest in American history.
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