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001 2010014903
003 DLC
005 20110416082508.0
008 100422s2010 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010014903
020 $a9780786447800 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHD9993.B543$bU534 2010
082 00 $a338.4/76292272097309041$222
100 1 $aEpperson, Bruce D.,$d1957-
245 10 $aPeddling bicycles to America :$bthe rise of an industry /$cBruce D. Epperson.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Company,$cc2010.
300 $a294 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index.
505 0 $aI 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.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aBicycle industry$zUnited States$xHistory.