Major: A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being by Todd Balf

Major: A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being

Todd Balf

304 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history sports hopeful slow-paced
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At the turn of the 20th century, hundreds of handsome, lightning-fast racers won the hearts and minds of a bicycling-crazed public. Scientists studied them, newspapers glorified them, and millions of dollars in purse money was awarded to them. Maj...

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