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Author Hall, M. Ann (Margaret Ann), 1942- author.

Title Muscle on wheels : Louise Armaindo and the high-wheel racers of nineteenth-century America / M. Ann Hall
Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Contents Cover; MUSCLE ON WHEELS; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Circuses and Walking Tracks, 1870s; 2 Pedestriennes, 1878-1880; 3 Early Bicycliennes, 1879-1882; 4 Champion Bicyclienne, 1883; 5 Muscle on Wheels, 1884; 6 Just One of the Guys, 1885-1888; 7 Beauty on Wheels, 1888-1890; 8 Safeties, Backlash, and Disaster, 1890-1896; Epilogue; APPENDICES; 1 Louise Armaindo: Pertaining to Her Background; 2 "Louise Viellard Sainte-Foix": A Story by Elia W. Peattie; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary A fascinating account of high-wheel bicycle racing and one of North America's first women professional athletes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 21, 2018)
Subject Armaindo, Louise, 1857-1900.
Bicycle racing -- History -- 19th century
Bicycles -- History -- 19th century
Women cyclists -- Canada -- Biography
Cyclists -- Canada -- Biography
Women cyclists -- History -- 19th century
Bicycles -- Social aspects -- 19th century
Velocipedes -- History -- 19th century
Women cyclists -- Québec (Province) -- Biography
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Velocipedes
Bicycle racing
Bicycles
Cyclists
Women cyclists
Québec
Canada
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773555327
0773555323
9780773555334
0773555331