Bicycle: the History

Name: Bicycle: the History
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ISBN: 9780300120479

ISBN-10: 0300120478

ISBN-13: 9780300120479

Edition: 2006

Authors: David V. Herlihy

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This lively and lavishly illustrated book tells the extraordinary history of the bicycle, an invention that precipitated nothing short of a social revolution. Recounting a story replete with disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities, David Herlihy shows us why the bicycle captured the public's imagination and the myriad ways it has reshaped our world. "A comprehensive genealogy of the two-wheeled savior of mass transit. . . . Herlihy takes what could have been just another history book and makes it a story worth telling your friends about."--"Publishers Weekly" "Fun and informative."--"Baltimore"" Sun" "Immensely absorbing."--Edward Koren, "New York Times Book…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 8/16/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 0.70" wide x 1.00" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 2.068
Language: English