Overview

Six-Day bicycle racing was once the biggest spectator sport in America: In the 1920s and 1930s, those envents held at indoor tracks around the country attracted bigger crowds and paid bigger purses than baseball, football, or hockey. This highly pictorial books tells the story of six-day racing in America from its beginning in the last decase of the 19th century up to attempts at revival in the 1970s. A lively text by Peter Joffre Nye and an amazing collection of duotone photographs allows the reader to relive this exciting period, this almost forgotten era of American sports history.

Full Product Details

9781892495495

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Peter Nye is an author who has published several books on the history of cycling, including Hearts of Lyons: The History of Bicycle Racing in America. For this book, he has received assistance from Jeff Groman, whose collection of Six-Day photographs and memorabilia is the basis of most of the illustrations, and Mark Tyson, who has produced a TV documentary film scheduled to be broadcast in 2006.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available