Cycling In The Alps With Some Notes On The Chief Passes
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Cycling In The Alps
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Author : C. L. Freeston
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-07-22
Cycling In The Alps written by C. L. Freeston and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-22 with categories.
Excerpt from Cycling in the Alps: With Some Notes on the Chief Passes AN author is the worst of all persons to appraise the value of his own work he is none the less the best able to set forth his aims and intentions, and a preface is usually regarded as the most convenient medium for the statement thereof. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Cycling In The Alps With Some Notes On The Chief Passes
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Author : Charles Lincoln Freeston
language : en
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Release Date : 2018-02-02
Cycling In The Alps With Some Notes On The Chief Passes written by Charles Lincoln Freeston and has been published by Sagwan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-02 with Literary Collections categories.
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Cycling In The Alps With Some Notes On The Chief Passes
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Author : Charles Lincoln Freeston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1900
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Cycling In The Alps
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Author : Charles Lincoln Freeston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1900
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The Alpine Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1905
The Alpine Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1905 with Alps categories.
Cycling In The Alps
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Author : Charles Lincoln Freeston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1900
Cycling In The Alps written by Charles Lincoln Freeston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1900 with Alps categories.
The Self Propelled Voyager
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Author : Duncan R. Jamieson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-09-03
The Self Propelled Voyager written by Duncan R. Jamieson and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-03 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Before the last quarter of the nineteenth century, people who wanted to travel independently either walked or rode horses. Then a newly invented machine changed forever the nature of personal transportation. The cycle—self-propelled bicycles, tricycles, and tandems—allowed almost anyone to travel around town, around their region, and around the world. While dramatic developments in equipment, clothing, road surfaces, and amenities make the physicality of cycling much different from the earlier era, the experience of cycling has seen little change. The Self-Propelled Voyager: How the Cycle Revolutionized Travel recounts how a transportation innovation opened the world for not only those who made the journey but also for the armchair travelers who read with interest the cyclists’ accounts of faraway places. Following a brief history of the development of the cycle, this book describes the exploits of long-distance riders who wrote of their experiences, their triumphs, and their tragedies. Duncan R. Jamieson chronicles their journeys, their personal stories, and the times in which they lived, revealing that, despite the continuing rise and fall of cycling interest, people continue to enjoy traveling in the slow lane. Drawing on books and articles by the women and men who rode and wrote of their travels, The Self-Propelled Voyager also features photographs from the 1880s up to the modern day, illustrating the development of the cycle through history. Accessibly written yet comprehensive in its coverage, this book will interest not only the cycling enthusiast but historians focusing on sport and sport tourism as well.
The Two Wheeled World Of George B Thayer
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Author : Kevin J. Hayes
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2015-11-01
The Two Wheeled World Of George B Thayer written by Kevin J. Hayes and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Cyclotourism has recently risen to prominence with growing national media coverage and thousands of participants taking to America's roadways on two wheels and under their own pedal power. But the concept is not new. More than a century ago, George B. Thayer took his own first "century," or one-hundred-mile bicycle ride. The Two-Wheeled World of George B. Thayer brings to life the experience of late nineteenth-century cycling through the heartfelt story of this important cycling pioneer. In 1886, just two years after his first century, Thayer rode his high wheeler across the United States, traveling from his home in Connecticut to California and back. Thayer took an indirect route without any intent to set speed records, but his trip was full of adventure nonetheless. Thayer loved going downhill, his legs over the handlebars, risking life and limb atop the large wheel on often rough and muddy roads. With aplomb and humor, he dealt with the countless other hazards he encountered, including dogs, mule teams, and wild hogs. Even bad weather and poor sleeping conditions could not keep Thayer down. After his epic tour across the United States, Thayer had the urge to cycle abroad and eventually toured England, Germany, Belgium, and Canada on his bike. His later travels were in part aided by his hometown of Hartford, Connecticut, which was the epicenter of American bicycle manufacturing in the late 1890s. In addition to telling Thayer's cycling story, Kevin J. Hayes brings to life the culture of cycling and its rise at the end of the nineteenth century, when bikes became more affordable and the nation's riding craze took off.
The Chieftain
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Author : Chris Payne
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-09-01
The Chieftain written by Chris Payne and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with True Crime categories.
George Clarke joined the Metropolitan Police in 1841. Though a "slow starter," his career took off when he was transferred to the small team of detectives at Scotland Yard in 1862, where he became known as " The Chieftain". This book paints the most detailed picture yet published of detective work in mid-Victorian Britain, covering "murders most foul," "slums and Society", the emergence of terrorism related to Ireland, and Victorian frauds. One particular fraudster, Harry Benson, was to contribute to the end of Clarke's career and lead to the first major Metropolitan Police corruption trial in 1877. This fascinating book uses widespread sources of information, including many of Clarke's own case reports.
A Canterbury Pilgrimage
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Author : Elizabeth Robins Pennell
language : en
Publisher: University of Alberta
Release Date : 2016-02-17
A Canterbury Pilgrimage written by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and has been published by University of Alberta this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-17 with Travel categories.
Journey across Europe aboard a tandem tricycle in these two Victorian-era travelogues that take readers to England and Italy. A peasant in peaked hat and blue shirt, with trousers rolled up high above his bare knees, crossed the road and silently examined the tricycle. “You have a good horse,” he then said; “it eats nothing.” —from An Italian Pilgrimage The 1880s was an exhilarating time for cycling pioneers like Elizabeth and her husband Joseph. As boneshakers and high-wheelers evolved into tandem tricycles and the safety bike, cycling grew from child’s play and extreme sport into a leisurely and, importantly, literary mode of transportation. The illustrated travel memoirs of “those Pennells” were—and still are—highly entertaining. They helped usher in the new age of leisure touring, while playfully hearkening back to famous literary journeys. In this new edition, Dave Buchanan provides rich cultural contexts surrounding the Pennells’ first two adventures. These long out-of-print travel memoirs will delight avid cyclists as well as scholars of travel literature, cycling history, women’s writing, Victorian literature, and illustration. “In the airy, self deprecating style of Robert Louis Stevenson, an American couple captured the imaginations of UK and US readers through the five illustrated cycle-travel books they created beginning in the 1880s. . . . Elizabeth and Joseph Pennell succeeded in bringing the leisure touring idea to the forefront through their jaunts aboard a tandem tricycle outfitted with luggage racks. . . . Cycling historian Dave Buchanan contributes an enlightening introduction which grounds the couple in the literary/art world of the late nineteenth century and gives a gearhead sense of bicycling history. But Elizabeth’s delightful prose steals the show.” —Foreword Reviews