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Author Gant, Jesse J.

Title Wheel fever : how Wisconsin became a great bicycling state / Jesse J. Gant and Nicholas J. Hoffman.

Publication Info. Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 255 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Foreword by David Herlihy""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State""; ""1. Velocipede Mania""; ""2. The Dawn of Wisconsin�s High-Wheel Era""; ""3. The Rise of Wisconsin�s Amateur Cycling Clubs""; ""4. The Safety Model and the Beginning of Wisconsin�s Bicycling Boom""; ""5. The Troubled Beginnings of Wheel Fever""; ""6. The Leading Division of the West""; ""7. Women and Labor during the Boom""; ""8. Walter Sanger, Major Taylor, and Professional Racing at the End of the Boom""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
Subject Cycling -- Wisconsin -- History.
Wisconsin -- History.
Wisconsin -- Social life and customs.
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Cycling. (OCoLC)fst00885857
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Wisconsin. (OCoLC)fst01204595
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Gant, Jesse J. Wheel fever 9780870206139 (DLC) 2013007080 (OCoLC)844245082
ISBN 9780870206146 (electronic bk.)
0870206141 (electronic bk.)
Sudoc No. HIS.2:B 53/2013 widocs
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