The great bicycle experiment
Subtitle: the Army's historic Black Bicycle Corps, 1896-97
By: by Kay Moore
Publisher: Mountain Press Pub. Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Missoula, Mont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9780878425938
Subjects: United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 25th. Bicycle Corps; United States; Military cycling; United States. Army; African American troops; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The buffalo soldier : pride and prejudice; title: Fort Missoula, circa 1895 : life at a frontier Army post; title: Why bicycles? : a transportation experiment; title: Getting it together : organizing and training the Bicycle Corps; title: Gearing up : trial run to Lake McDonald; title: The second trial : expedition to Yellowstone; title: The big idea : two thousand miles on two wheels; title: And they're off! : St. Louis or bust!; title: The end of the experiment : success or failure?; title: Legacy : honoring the Bicycle Corps.