Bicycle - The History

Informationen zum Autor David V. Herlihy is a historian and freelance writer. He has been interested in bicycle technology since his days as a member of the Harvard Cycling Club, and for the past decade he has researched extensively the invention and early development of the bicycle. His work has been featured on National Public Radio and Voice of America and in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, and Historic Preservation. In 1999 Herlihy received the McNair History Award from the Wheelmen, the preeminent American association of antique bicycle collectors. He lives in Hull, Massachusetts. Klappentext In this, the ultimate history of the bicycle, David Herlihy recounts the saga of this far-reaching invention and the passions it aroused. The pioneer racer insisted the bicycle would become "as common as umbrellas." Mark Twain was more skeptical, enjoining his reader to "get a bicycle. You will not regret it-if you live." Herlihy shows readers why the bicycle captured the public's imagination and the myriad ways in which it reshaped the world. Zusammenfassung Presents the history of the bicycle! an invention that precipitated nothing short of a social revolution. This book recounts a story replete with disputed patents! brilliant inventions! and missed opportunities. It shows us why the bicycle captured the public's imagination and the myriad ways it has reshaped our world.

Product details

• Authors: David V. Herlihy, Herlihy David V.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2006
• EAN: 9780300120479
• ISBN: 978-0-300-12047-9
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 256 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / General, Social and cultural history, Cycling, boarding & skating (Children's / Teenage)