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Rosen, Jody.
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Bicycles -- History.
Cycling -- History.
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Rosen, Jody.
Bicycles -- History.
Cycling -- History.
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Two
wheels
good
: the
history
and
mystery
of the
bicycle
/ Jody Rosen.
by
Rosen, Jody.
Crown, 2022.
Call #:
629.227209 R813t
Subjects
Bicycles --
History
.
Cycling --
History
.
ISBN:
9780804141499 (hc.)
Alternate title:
2
wheels
good
: the
history
and
mystery
of the
bicycle
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvii, 396 p. : ill., facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The
bicycle
is a vestige of the Victorian era, seemingly out of pace with our age of smartphones and ridesharing apps and driverless cars. Yet we live on a
bicycle
planet. Across the world, more people travel by
bicycle
than by any other form of transportation. Almost anyone can learn to ride a bike--and nearly everyone does. Yet, we live on a
bicycle
planet. Across the world, more people travel by
bicycle
than by any other form of transportation. Almost anyone can learn to ride a bike - and nearly everyone does. In [the book] writer and critic Jody Rosen reshapes our understanding of this ubiquitous machine, an ever-present force in humanity's life and dreamlife-and a flashpoint in culture wars-for more for than
two
hundred years. Combining
history
, reportage, travelogue, and memoir, Rosen sweeps across centuries and around the globe, unfolding the
bicycle
's saga from its invention in 1817 to its present-day renaissance as a 'green machine,' an emblem of sustainability in a world afflicted by pandemic and climate change. Readers meet unforgettable characters: feminist rebels who steered bikes to the barricades in the 1890s, a prospector who pedaled across the frozen Yukon to join the Klondike gold rush, a Bhutanese king who races mountain bikes in the Himalayas, a cycle rickshaw driver who navigates the seething streets of the world's fastest-growing megacity, astronauts who ride a floating
bicycle
in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station.(...)"--From publisher.
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