Author(s): Kay Moore
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 86
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
Language: English
Date Published: 2012-08-30
Dimensions: 149.86 x 226.06 x 7.62mm
Publication City/Country: United States
Edition:
Illustrations: black & white illustrations, maps

In 1896 Lt. James Moss, second lieutenant at Fort Missoula, Montana, had a revolutionary idea: that bicycles, a relatively new innovation, could be employed by the military to replace cavalry horses for certain operations. Bikes did not need food, water, or rest; they would not die; they would never disobey their rider; and they were nearly noiseless. The eager young lieutenant set out to test this idea and prove the worth of the bicycle in army campaigns.