Broschiertes Buch

Cycling: The Craze of the Hour

Beschreibung

"The books in 'Found on the Shelves' have been chosen to give a fascinating insight into the treasures that can be found while browsing in The London Library. ... they are as readable and relevant today as they were more than a century ago -- even if the cardiovascular dangers of cycling have now been disproved!"--T.p. recto.

Autor

Charles Spencer owned a shop on Old Street selling equipment for the building of gymnasia. He devoted most of his writing to the subject of cycling, and was heavily involved in the Middlesex Bicycle Club. On 17th February 1869 he rode his bicycle from Trafalgar Square in London to Brighton in just fifteen hours. George Herschell was a specialist in diseases of the digestive organs, and led a successful life both as a practising doctor and as the writer of medical papers. In his spare time he enjoyed golf and photography. He died in 1914. Barry Pain is best remembered for his "Eliza" stories; he was known during his lifetime as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories. He was an eccentric man, with such varied interests as Georgian literature, the occult and precious stones. As well as writing this short story, Jerome K. Jerome author also wrote Three Men on the Bummel, an unsuccessful sequel to Three Men in a Boat, in which the same characters, minus the dog, go on a cycling tour through the Black Forest. He died in 1927.

Produktdetails

• London Library Nr.1
• Verlag: Steerforth Press
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 177mm x 111mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 68g
• ISBN-13: 9781782272465
• ISBN-10: 1782272461
• Artikelnr.: 44947703