Outing And The Wheelman, Vol 3, No 1

Articles in this issue

• A Song of the Wheel

  A poem by Charles E. Pratt celebrating the joy of escaping the city by bicycle into countryside of hills, valleys, and fresh breezes.

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• Pierre Lallement and His Bicycle

  A biographical article about Pierre Lallement, the French-born mechanic working in Brooklyn who designed and rode the first bicycle, introduced it to the United States, and obtained the first American patent, tracing his life from Pont-a-Mousson through his Paris years to his American career.

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