The Running Machine: The Invention of the Very First Bicycle Format:Hardcover secrets lurk

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The Running Machine: The Invention of the Very First Bicycle Format:Hardcover secrets lurk*Signed Bookplates!* A story of pluck and determination inspired by the real events of 181517, when a young man named Karl Drais invented the very first bicycle. Before there were trains or cars or planes, people rode horses to travel from place to place. Then came the Year Without a Summer, when a cloud of volcanic ash blocked the sun, and crops withered across half the world. With no oats to eat, horses grew too weak to walk. Everyone despairedhow