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The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero

By Michael Kranish
Narrated by: David Sadzin
Unabridged — 11 hours, 48 minutes
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By Michael Kranish
Narrated by: David Sadzin
Unabridged — 11 hours, 48 minutes
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In this “sharp-eyed account of a nearly forgotten African-American sports legend” (Publishers Weekly)-the remarkable Major Taylor who became the world's fastest bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era-“Kranish has done historians and fans a service by reminding us that such immortals as Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Serena Williams and Tiger Woods all followed in Major Taylor's wake” (The Washington Post).

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