Iron Mac The Legend of Roughhouse Cyclist Reggie Mcnamara |
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| Author:
| Homan, Andrew M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-5480-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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At a time when cycling in the United States rivaled baseball as thenation's most popular professional sport, along came Reggie McNamara, a farmer's son from Australia. In this humorous and exciting biography of the original Iron Man, Andrew M. Homan pulls McNamara back into the spotlight, depicting a flawed but beloved man whose success in unrelenting six-dayraces came at a price.
At a time when cycling in the United States rivaled baseball as thenation's most popular professional sport, along came Reggie McNamara, a farmer's son from Australia. In this humorous and exciting biography of the original Iron Man, Andrew M. Homan pulls McNamara back into the spotlight, depicting a flawed but beloved man whose success in unrelenting six-dayraces came at a price.