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(SPORT--CYCLING.) TAYLOR, MARSHALL W. "MAJOR." The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World, the Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds. Frontispiece and copious illustrations through the text. 8vo, original blue cloth, stamped in gilt; spine faded but still legible; tips and spine extremities lightly bumped. Worcester, MA: Wormsley, 1928
first edition, uncommon. Marshall W. "Major" Taylor (1878 -1932) was an African American cyclist who won the world one-mile track cycling championship in 1899 after setting numerous world records despite systemic racial discrimination. Taylor was the first African-American cyclist to achieve the level of world champion and only the second black man to win a world championship in any sport, after Canadian pugilist George Dixon.
