Major

a black athlete, a white era, and the fight to be the world's fastest human being

Examines the life of Major Taylor, an African-American cyclist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who aspired to be named the fastest man alive, focusing on his rivalry with Floyd McFarland, an unscrupulous white rider who pushed Taylor to his limits in a final showdown in Australia in 1904.

Crown Publishers
2008
9780307236586
book

Holdings

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