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ISBN
189249549X
EAN
9781892495495
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Type
Hardback
Release Title
The Six-Day Bicycle Races: America's Jazz-Age Sport
Artist
Nye, Peter
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Book Title
Six-Day Bicycle Races : America's Jazz-Age Sport
Publisher
Cycle Publishing/Vander Plas Publications
Item Length
11 in
Publication Year
2010
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Author
Peter Nye
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Topic
Cycling
Item Weight
40.7 Oz
Item Width
8.5 in
Number of Pages
224 Pages
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Publisher
Cycle Publishing/Vander Plas Publications
ISBN-10
189249549X
ISBN-13
9781892495495
eBay Product ID (ePID)
7038528397

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Book Title
Six-Day Bicycle Races : America's Jazz-Age Sport
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Cycling
Publication Year
2010
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Author
Peter Nye
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
40.7 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in

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2005-937317
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Close-up looks at the great sportsmen of the era, as well as the famous entertainers who frequented the races., 250 color and duotone photos, showing the action and ambience of one of the most exciting periods in American sports culture.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
796.720973
Synopsis
Six day bicycle racing was the biggest thing in the sporting world during the 1920s and early 1930s. This book tells the story of this sports discipline, tracing its roots back to the 1890s to its eventual decline at the beginning of the Second World War, and the more attempts to revitalise it., A photographic portrait of what was the most popular spectator sport in America during the period from 1900 to 1930: 6-day bicycle racing. It was a big-money sport, because bets were on. The sport was tough and the stakes were high, as the most prominent people in society flocked to Madison Square Garden to watch the races and place their bets. This compilation of historic photographs reproduced in fine duotone detail and accompanying text paints the complete picture of this fascinating but almost forgotten era in American sports., Six day bicycle racing was the biggest thing in the sporting world during the 1920s and early 1930s. Then, the race track was the centre of entertainment, and of course betting was what held it all together. In this book, Peter Nye, in collaboration with photographer Jeff Groman and documentary film producer Mark Tyson, tells the story of this unique sports discipline, tracing its roots back to the 1890s to its eventual decline at the beginning of the Second World War, and the more recent attempts to revitalise it.
LC Classification Number
GV1049

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