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Major Taylor: The Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer

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World champion at 19 . . . One of the first black athletes to become world champion in any sport . . . 1—mile record holder . . . American sprint champion in 1898, 1899, 1900 . . . triumphant tours of Europe and Australia . . . Victories against all European champions . . .

Until now a forgotten, shadowy figure, Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor is here revealed as one of the early sports world's most stylish, entertaining, and gentlemanly personalities. Born in 1878 in Indianapolis, the son of...