Includes bibliographical references, pages 75-77, and indexes.
Contents
The buffalo soldier : pride and prejudice -- Fort Missoula, circa 1895 : life at a frontier Army post -- Why bicycles? : a transportation experiment -- Getting it together : organizing and training the Bicycle Corps -- Gearing up : trial run to Lake McDonald -- The second trial : expedition to Yellowstone -- The big idea : two thousand miles on two wheels -- And they're off! : St. Louis or bust! -- The end of the experiment : success or failure? -- Legacy : honoring the Bicycle Corps.
Summary
A true adventure story about an elite company of twenty African American soldiers who in 1897 embarked on a 1,900-mile trek across the country on bicycles.
