Major Taylor by Noland, Frederick
Major Taylor by Noland, Frederick

Major Taylor

Celebrating the history-making Black American who smashed world records and became a global cycling sensation! Marshall Walter...
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Author: Frederick Noland
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Subtotal: $36.00
Major Taylor by Noland, Frederick

Major Taylor

$36.00
Major Taylor by Noland, Frederick

Major Taylor

$36.00
Author: Frederick Noland
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Celebrating 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 in Indianapolis and came of age during the height of the Jim Crow era, facing racism at every turn.

Cartoonist Frederick Noland is a cyclist himself and in this epic 400 page graphic biography of America's first Black world champion, he thrills in the records Taylor broke and the adoring public he found across North America, Europe, and Australia, all the while showing how the invention of the bicycle changed society. Yet Noland also documents how racism inflected Black life in the post Civil War era: cyclists would collude to injure Taylor, and he faced segregationist policies even in liberal cities such as San Francisco. And while Taylor found respite racing overseas, he soon found American-style racism exported internationally to sell tickets.

Noland pens a gorgeous, humane, graphic paean to Major Taylor, illustrating how the fastest man in America also had a deep well of integrity and fortitude not just to succeed, but to overcome the racist abuse he faced from fellow athletes and society at large. Major Taylor is a loving tribute to an exceptional American.

Author: Frederick Noland
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Published: 09/08/2026
Pages: 372
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.70w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781770464933


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2026 pg. 88
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2026
Publishers Weekly 08/17/2026
Booklist 09/01/2026

About the Author
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.
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