Major Taylor: The World's Fastest Man Author Event with Fred Noland
About this Event
Join Frederick Noland as he launches Major Taylor: The World’s Fastest Man at Source Booksellers on Tuesday, September 15th from 6pm to 7:30om.
Free and Book Tickets in this link. We welcome everyone to celebrate with us, including Artists, Graphic Artists, History Buffs and Cyclists.
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About the book
Noland’s epic, graphic novel biography celebrates the history-making Black American who smashed world records and became a global cycling sensation! Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor was one of the greatest American athletes of the early 20th century, setting records in regional bike races as a teen and winning his first world championship by the age of twenty. But Taylor was born in 1878 and came of age during the height of the Jim Crow era. While Taylor found respite racing overseas, he also soon found American-style racism exported internationally to sell tickets. In spite of it all, Major Taylor is a loving tribute to an exceptional American: a man whose integrity and fortitude fuelled his success.
Author Bio
Frederick Noland lives in Oakland, California, where he is an avid but unremarkable cyclist and a proud poppa. His specialty is visual storytelling, whether in animation, comics or illustration. Noland’s comics have appeared in the New Yorker and his illustrations have appeared in SF Weekly, Nickelodeon, XboX Magazine, and more.
Source Booksellers is located at Unit 105, 4240 Cass Ave., in Detroit, MI.
Praise for Major Taylor: The World’s Fastest Man
“A rousing tribute to an athlete whose star has dimmed over the generations but deserves to shine again.” —Kirkus, Starred Review
"Lovingly rendered, exhaustively researched...Fred Noland's indie comic style lends itself well to telling Taylor's outsider story.” —Keith Knight, The K Chronicles
"Major Taylor is a work of wonder! Be prepared to be a tandem passenger on Fred Noland’s bike as his storytelling propels you forward.” —Mimi Pond, Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me
“In The World’s Fastest Man, Frederick Noland gives us the Taylor epic in all its dimensions, bringing wit, soulfulness, and equal gifts as a visual and literary storyteller to a stirring blend of biography and social history.” —Jody Rosen, Two Wheels Good: The History And Mystery Of The Bicycle
"Major Taylor captures the allure of the speediest, most popular sport in its heyday. Paced like the tense and thrilling showdowns it depicts, this graphic nonfiction book is the perfect engine to propel the true story of a forgotten champion into legend."–Lynne Tolman, Major Taylor Association, Executive Director
The Metro 313 Cyclones is a Major Taylor Association bicycle club based in Detroit, Michigan. Established in 2013, the club promotes recreational cycling and community engagement. We achieve this through group riding events for cyclists of all ages and levels. The Club also seeks to educate the public about its namesake, legendary cyclist Major Taylor, the “Black Cyclone”, who in 1899 became the first African-American world cycling champion.
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