Hum of the Wheels, the Roar of the Crowd, The: Five Cycling Shaw Brothers from Woolloomooloo

Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2018. Softcover. As new!. AUSTRALIANA The bicycle craze gripped Australia in the 1880s and 1890s and early 1900s. Bicycle clubs proliferated and bicycle racing caught the public's attention as young men sought fellowship, camaraderie, glory and even riches in amateur and professional competition.Harry Irwin explores the racing culture of the time in fascinating detail - the penny farthings and safety bicycles, tracks and champions, spectacles and carnivals; the prizes held out to racers, the risks, challenges, match racing and gambling; and the social life of the racers. Setting the scene are the stories of the five prominent and plucky Shaw brothers, born and bred in working-class Woolloomooloo, and how they enjoyed and endured the ups and downs of track and road racing in cities and country towns and over long distances in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.x, 219 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. #070122/290423Shaw, William Nathaniel.  |  Shaw, Samuel Robinson.  |  Shaw, Henry Tait.  |  Shaw, Frederick Ewart.  |  Shaw, Thomas John.  |  Shaw family.  |  Bicycle racing -- Australia -- History.  |  Cyclists -- New South Wales -- Woolloomooloo -- Biography.  |  Australian Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover As new!