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SUMMARY:Neil Hoffman Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:At this free event Nicholas will discuss his book, Wheel Fever. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.\nOn rails-to-trails bike paths, city streets, and winding country roads, the bicycle seems ubiquitous in the Badger State. Yet there’s a complex and fascinating history behind the popularity of biking in Wisconsin—one that until now has never been told in depth. Meticulously researched through periodicals and newspapers, Wheel Fever traces the story of Wisconsin’s first “bicycling boom,” from the velocipede craze of 1869 through the “wheel fever” of the 1890s. From the start it has been defined by a rich and often impassioned debate over who should be allowed to ride, where they could ride, and even what they could wear.\nWheel Fever is about the origins of bicycling in Wisconsin and why those origins still matter, but it is also about our continuing fascination with all things bicycle. From “boneshakers” to highwheels, standard models to racing bikes, tandems to tricycles, the book is lushly illustrated with never-before-seen images of early cycling and the people who rode them: bloomer girls, bicycle jockeys, young urbanites, and unionized workers. Laying the foundations for a much-beloved sport, Wheel Fever challenges us to imagine anew the democratic possibilities that animated cycling’s early debates.\n(from https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Event/EV9588)\n
URL:https://exploremonroecounty.org/events/neil_hoffman_book_signing/
CATEGORIES:Sparta
LOCATION:200 W Main St, Sparta, WI
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