Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jessica Cherry (Editor), Frank Soos (Editor)Publish date:2022-12-01Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496232472ISBN-10:149623247XUPC:9781496232472Book Category:Sports & Recreation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cycling, History, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCHVZ23X9C
Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska
Wheels on Ice reveals Alaska's key role in bicycling both as a mode of travel and as an endurance sport, as well as its special allure for those seeking the proverbial struggle against nature. This collection opens with the first bicycle boom and the advent of the safety bicycle in the late 1800s, at approximately the same time gold was discovered in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. As bicycles...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496232472ISBN-10:149623247XUPC:9781496232472Book Category:Sports & Recreation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cycling, History, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCHVZ23X9C
Jessica Cherry is a geoscientist, writer, aerial photographer, and commercial airplane pilot living in Anchorage, Alaska. She writes a literary column for the alternative weekly Anchorage Press. Frank Soos (1950-2021) is the author of Unpleasantries: Considerations of Difficult Questions, Bamboo Fly Rod Suite, and Early Yet and coauthor of Double Moon: Constructions and Conversations. He was a...
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
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