Iron Mac : the legend of roughhouse cyclist Reggie McNamara /

At a time when cycling in the United States rivaled baseball as the nation's most popular professional sport, along came Reggie McNamara, a farmer's son from Australia. Within a month of his arrival in the United States in 1913, he had earned the moniker Iron Man for his high tolerance of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Homan, Andrew M., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Temas:
McNamara, Reggie, > 1887-1971.
Cyclists > United States > Biography.
Bicycle racing > History.
Courses cyclistes > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Bicycle racing.
Cyclists.
United States.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rabbits and slingshots
  • Bushes to the big leagues
  • Promoter goes to Hollywood
  • Accidental romance
  • Safe in America
  • Politics of racing
  • The war years
  • The prodigal son returns
  • Training Old School
  • Let the Roaring Twenties begin
  • The Italians are coming!
  • Mac strikes gold
  • Rusty Iron
  • Downward spiral
  • Grandpa Mac.

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