CYCLING'S GOLDEN AGE NAMED SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY FOREWORD MAGAZINE
Book Features Never Before Seen Vintage Photographs, Trophies, Jerseys, and Memorabilia from The Horton Collection
/24-7PressRelease/ - BOULDER, CO, July 26, 2007 - Cycling's Golden Age: Heroes of the Postwar Era, 1946-1967 was named Sports Book of the Year by ForeWord magazine during the BookExpo America trade show in New York City. ForeWord's Book of the Year competition resulted in over 200 winning books selected from over 1,400 entries. Each entry was judged on criteria including writing and production quality, originality, and audience interest in the subject matter.
Cycling's Golden Age: Heroes of the Postwar Era, 1946-1967 features never before seen photos, trophies, jerseys, and invaluable cycling artifacts from The Horton Collection. The Horton Collection is the world's most astonishing trove of cycling artifacts. Cycling's Golden Age is available in book stores and bike shops in North America, the U.K., and Australia. The book is also available at VeloGear.com.
Fausto Coppi, Gino Bartali, Charly Gaul, Jacques Anquetil, Raymond Poulidor; These and other legends of the sport come to life in newly restored photos, along with their trophies, jerseys, pennants, and personal possessions in Cycling's Golden Age, a never-before-seen compilation of memorabilia and stories from cycling's extraordinary postwar period.
Covering the unforgettable years from 1946 to 1967, this lavishly illustrated and painstakingly researched volume is a fresh appreciation of cycling's greatest riders. Cycling historian Owen Mulholland shares the intimate stories behind hundreds of priceless relics, along with personal anecdotes and historical context that reflect the deep soul of cycling. With its meticulously researched text, the beauty and authenticity of Cycling's Golden Age will make it a treasured keepsake for every fan of the sport.
Cycling legend Eddy Merckx writes in the foreword, "Nearly every photograph in this book is new to my eyes, yet they bring back so many happy memories of my childhood and young adult years."
* "This book is a wonderful tribute to a glorious time in the sport. All the big names are here along with the ones nobody has heard mentioned in decades. They all live again, race again, in Cycling's Golden Age."-Samuel Abt, International Herald Tribune
* "This beautiful books brings alive the halcyon days of the sport when great athletes left home anonymous and returned as superstars. This was the Golden Age, when the challenge was not just your rival, but the very terrain upon which you rode."-Phil Liggett
* "I had the honor of racing during 12 years of cycling's great history. Now, as a spectator, I am as excited reading about past triumphs as I am about this year's races. Looking over the photos in this book I am reminded how approachable and outstandingly stylish my predecessors were on and off the bike. Cycling will always be a
fascinating sport, I admire the champions in these earlier years who relied on their talents and instincts to overcome the odds."-Andy Hampsten
* "Cycling's Golden Age is a veritable treasure trove. Joining Brett Horton's unsurpassed collection of rare cycling memorabilia to Owen Mulholland's gifted prose is a master stroke. The anecdotes are priceless, offering a unique insight into many of the sport's great riders-the famous and the not-so-famous names that make cycling so historically rich. This book will stay front and center on my coffee table for years!"-Davis Phinney
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