Major Taylor: champion undermined by prejudice - The Chainlink2024-03-28T20:27:15Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/major-taylor-champion-undermined-by-prejudice?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A1116484&feed=yes&xn_auth=noOnly if you want to read the…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-02-12:2211490:Comment:11164302019-02-12T02:27:03.868ZJim Rehohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JimReho
<p>Only if you want to read the whole thing at the library! Must be a rare and valuable book.</p>
<p>Only if you want to read the whole thing at the library! Must be a rare and valuable book.</p> I was very glad that NYT ran…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-02-11:2211490:Comment:11165902019-02-11T20:56:41.757ZAnne Althttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Anne91
<p>I was very glad that NYT ran that piece.</p>
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<p>BTW, if you're not able to find a reasonably priced copy of his autobiography for sale, you can find it at Chicago Public Library.</p>
<p>I was very glad that NYT ran that piece.</p>
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<p>BTW, if you're not able to find a reasonably priced copy of his autobiography for sale, you can find it at Chicago Public Library.</p> His father worked in a bike s…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-02-11:2211490:Comment:11164842019-02-11T09:01:04.439ZMike Schwabhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/MikeSchwab80
<p>His father worked in a bike shop in Indianapolis while he was a kid. They made him a military style uniform and he performed tricks on his bicycle out front, so they started calling him Major Taylor.</p>
<p>His father worked in a bike shop in Indianapolis while he was a kid. They made him a military style uniform and he performed tricks on his bicycle out front, so they started calling him Major Taylor.</p> Actually the book that you fi…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-02-10:2211490:Comment:11164782019-02-10T15:04:13.240ZMarco Verzocchihttps://thechainlink.org/profile/MarcoVerzocchi
<p>Actually the book that you find on Amazon at a crazy price seems to be an abridged version of the original book. If you make a search on google you can find a publisher in India that will print on demand the original book (but the quality of that depends on how good the scanning is), and then later you can find the entire original book (1928+75=2003, the copyright has expired) available for free as E-book: …</p>
<p>Actually the book that you find on Amazon at a crazy price seems to be an abridged version of the original book. If you make a search on google you can find a publisher in India that will print on demand the original book (but the quality of that depends on how good the scanning is), and then later you can find the entire original book (1928+75=2003, the copyright has expired) available for free as E-book: <a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Fastest_Bicycle_Rider_in_the_World.html?id=BLUKAQAAIAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Fastest_Bicycle_Rider_in_the_World.html?id=BLUKAQAAIAAJ</a></p>