<p>'The Bicycle in Wartime' is a landmark work in the field of military history. Complemented throughout with an extensive collection of archival photographs, maps and early book, newspaper and magazine illustrations, this new edition has been revised to include new text and photographs and additional material on 21st century military technology. This book is concerned with three underlying themes. The key concept is that of bicycling, which is fundamental to the role the machine has played in wartime. The military cyclist is not a soldier on wheels, but a soldier with wheels. There is an immense difference. The second theme is how the technology has been exploited and developed for military purposes. Lastly, of special interest, is how the bicycle's use and potential have been perceived. Many military minds dismissed it as irrelevant to warfare, while others adopted it to great effect against their enemies.</p>

The Bicycle in Wartime: An Illustrated History (Revised Edition)

History

FitzPatrick, Jim

Fitzpatrick, Roey

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Star Hill Studio

<p>Major Taylor, the black American cyclist and 1899 World Sprint Champion, was the highest paid and most famous athlete in what was then the world’s most popular and lucrative sport. Spectators packed stadiums in North America, Europe and Australasia to watch him race. In the United States, however, his white rivals’ racial bigotry, hatred, threats, and dangerous and dirty riding tactics became intolerable. It was in Australia, in 1904, facing his American arch enemy, that hostilities came to a head.</p>

Major Taylor in Australia

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