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Reg Harris The rise and fall of Britain s greatest cyclist

Dineen, Robert more...

Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Adult Fiction
BIC Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Audience: General/trade
Publisher: Ebury Press
Imprint: Ebury Press
Publication Date: 15/07/2012
Place of Publication: United Kingdom

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Thanks to exhaustive new research and investigation Robert Dineen has unearthed a truly cinematic story. This epic account of Reg Harris's meteoric success takes you from his humble beginnings to his spectacular highs and his dramatic lows. Born into a poor, working-class family during the Great Depression, Reg Harris left school early to help support his widowed mother working in a bicycle shop. But after winning a local cycling competition, Harris realised his natural abilities and began to train seriously. Working in a paper mill to fund his ambitions, Harris soon started winning enough races to leave the mill and went on to break the rules of amateurism and become the favourite for three titles in the 1948 Olympics. But Harris's dreams of gold were shattered when he was involved in a high-speed car accident that nearly left him paralysed.

"A legend of the sport... I got tired of people telling me I wasn't as fast as him." -- Chris Hoy "A fascinating read" Sport "The first superstar of British cycling" Daily Telegraph "Catalogues the highs and lows of his fame - fast cars, fast women, fixed races and fortunes won and lost. Fascinating." London Cyclist "Thanks to exhaustive new research Robert Dineen has unearthed a truly cinemaatic story...Reveals both the professional triumphs and personal tribulations of this sporting legend." CGA Magazine

Title: Reg Harris The rise and fall of Britain s greatest cyclist
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Contributors: By (author) Robert Dineen

ISBN 13: 9780091945381
ISBN 10: 0091945380

Publisher: Ebury Press
Imprint: Ebury Press
Publication Date: 15/07/2012
Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
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BIC Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Dewey Classification: 796.62092 (DC23)
NBS Classification: Biography: Sport

Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Thickness: 33mm
Weight: 368g