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Peddling bicycles to America : the rise of an industry
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"This economic and technical history of the early American bicycle industry focuses on the period from 1876 to the beginning of World War I. It looks particularly at the life and career of the indu...
"This economic and technical history of the early American bicycle industry focuses on the period from 1876 to the beginning of World War I. It looks particularly at the life and career of the industry's most significant personality during this era, Albert Augustus Pope"--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- Bruce D. Epperson
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- vii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780786447800, 078644780X
- OCLC
- ocn496959660
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- I was not a bad boy, only mischievous -- Colonel Pope goes to Hartford -- The great patent wars -- Building the mass market -- The coming of the safety bicycle -- Reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic and roads -- The great bicycle boom -- The motor carriage -- Troubled times -- The bicycle trust -- Picking up the pieces -- After Pope -- All gone to their account -- The long road home
- I was not a bad boy, only mischievous -- Colonel pope goes to hartford -- The great patent wars -- Building the mass market -- The coming of the safety bicycle -- Reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic and roads -- The great bicycle boom -- The motor carriage -- Troubled times -- The bicycle trust -- Picking up the pieces -- After pope -- All gone to their account -- The long road home