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AROUND THE WORLD ON A BICYCLE
By: Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens
Stackpole Books
January 2001
On Sale: January 1, 2001
1072 pages
ISBN: 0811726533
EAN: 9780811726535
Paperback (reprint)
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In 1884, Thomas Stevens left San Francisco on a Columbia high-wheeler with the outrageous goal of becoming the first man to ride a bicycle across the United States. When he reached Boston, he decided to continue around the world, and soon sailed to London for the ride across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The high-wheeler was heavy and cumbersome, his supplies were limited to socks, a spare shirt, and a slicker that doubled as tent and bedroll, and much of the country he traversed was wild. Yet he persevered, recording his colorful and often harrowing adventures during the three-year odyssey in a classic of 19th century adventure and travel writing.
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