The world's fastest man the extraordinary life of cyclist Major Taylor, America's first Black sports hero
"In the tradition of The Boys in the Boat and Seabiscuit, a fascinating portrait of a groundbreaking but forgotten figure--the remarkable Major Taylor, the black man who broke racial barriers by becoming the world's fastest and most famous bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era. In the 1890s, t...
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Scribner,
2019.
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| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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