{"product_id":"bicycle-the-history-by-david-v-herlihy-signed-copy-hardcover-book","title":"Bicycle: The History by David V. Herlihy - SIGNED COPY - HARDCOVER Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eSigned copy, by the author on the cover page.  This is a very fine hardcover book, with a cover sleeve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ctable style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-details-title\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"expSvcText\"\u003eDuring the nineteenth century, the bicycle evoked an exciting new world in which even a poor person could travel afar and at will. But was the mechanical horse truly destined to usher in a new era of road travel or would it remain merely a plaything for dandies and schoolboys? In Bicycle: The History (named by Outside magazine as the #1 book on bicycles), David Herlihy recounts the saga of this far-reaching invention and the passions it aroused. The pioneer racer James Moore insisted the bicycle would become as common as umbrellas. Mark Twain was more skeptical, enjoining his readers to get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. Because we live in an age of cross-country bicycle racing and high-tech mountain bikes, we may overlook the decades of development and ingenuity that transformed the basic concept of human-powered transportation into a marvel of engineering. This lively and engrossing history retraces the extraordinary story of the bicycle a history of disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities. Herlihy shows us why the bicycle captured the public s imagination and the myriad ways in which it reshaped our world. \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"expSvcText\"\u003eIn the twenty-first century we have all experienced new technologies that promise to change our lives. During the nineteenth century, the bicycle evoked an exciting new world in which even a poor person could travel afar and at will. But was the \"mechanical horse\" truly destined to usher in a new era of road travel or would it remain merely a plaything for dandies and schoolboys? In this, the definitive history of the bicycle, David Herlihy recounts the saga of this far-reaching invention and the passions it aroused. The pioneer racer James Moore insisted the bicycle would become \"as common as umbrellas.\" Mark Twain was more skeptical, enjoining his readers to \"get a bicycle. You will not regret it--if you live.\" Because we live in an age of cross-country bicycle racing and high-tech mountain bikes, we may overlook the decades of development and ingenuity that transformed the basic concept of human-powered transportation into a marvel of engineering. This lively and engrossing history retraces the extraordinary story of the bicycle--a history of disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities. Herlihy shows us why the bicycle captured the public's imagination and the myriad ways in which it reshaped our world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"expSvcText\"\u003eThis lively and lavishly illustrated book tells the extraordinary history of the bicycle, an invention that precipitated nothing short of a social revolution. Recounting a story replete with disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities, David Herlihy shows us why the bicycle captured the public's imagination and the myriad ways it has reshaped our world. \"A comprehensive genealogy of the two-wheeled savior of mass transit. . . . Herlihy takes what could have been just another history book and makes it a story worth telling your friends about.\"-- Publishers Weekly \"Fun and informative.\"-- Baltimore Sun \"Immensely absorbing.\"--Edward Koren, New York Times Book Review \"Lovingly written and beautifully illustrated.\"--David Schoonmaker, American Scientist \"A delight.\"--Robert Messenger, Wall Street Journal \"Herlihy has traced the bicycle's family tree with a thoroughness reminiscent of Laura Hillenbrand and her thoroughbred, Seabiscuit. . . . Bicycle is a good read for all and a must for the cyclist's home library.\"--Joe Simnacher, Dallas Morning News \"[One of] the best cycling-related books I've seen in the past decade.\"--Joe Lindsey, Mountain Bike\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eNew, with slight wear to the sleeve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e470 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eMSRP: $50 (amazon)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Swoon Cycles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53002673062028,"sku":"7481","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0785\/5144\/9740\/files\/nos_nib_vintage_bike_component_19166__18821.1528761307.1280.1280.jpg?v=1791213076","url":"https:\/\/swooncycles.com\/products\/bicycle-the-history-by-david-v-herlihy-signed-copy-hardcover-book","provider":"Swoon Cycles (Bike ReCyclery)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}