The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero

by Michael Kranish

Book Overview

In the tradition of The Boys in the Boat and Seabiscuit, a fascinating portrait of a groundbreaking but forgotten figure--the remarkable Major Taylor, the black man who broke racial barriers by becoming the world's fastest and most famous bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era.

In the 1890s, the nation's promise of equality had failed spectacularly. While slavery had ended with the Civil War, the Jim Crow laws still...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501192590
• ISBN13: 9781501192593
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.2"