{"product_id":"iron-mac-the-legend-of-roughhouse-cyclist-reggie-mcnamara-hardcover","title":"Iron Mac: The Legend of Roughhouse Cyclist Reggie McNamara - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew M. Homan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when cycling in the United States rivaled baseball as the nation's most popular professional sport, along came Reggie McNamara, a farmer's son from Australia. Within a month of his arrival in the United States in 1913, he had earned the moniker \"Iron Man\" for his high tolerance of pain and his remarkable ability to recover from seemingly catastrophic injury. The nickname proved justified. Not only was he tough, he was also one of the best and highest-paid athletes in the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During his thirty-year career, McNamara won seventeen punishing six-day races along with an inestimable number of shorter distance races, including high-profile events on three different continents, peaking in 1926-27 at the age of thirty-nine. The fans, media, and his fellow professionals all idolized him as an example of the true grit needed to succeed in this grueling and dangerous sport. Late in his career, however, hard drinking and injuries took their toll, and McNamara became estranged from his wife and children. He fought back just as he always had on the race course, conquering his addiction to alcohol and becoming one of the earliest success stories of Alcoholics Anonymous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this humorous and exciting biography of the original Iron Man, Andrew M. Homan pulls McNamara back into the spotlight, depicting a flawed but beloved man whose success in those unrelenting six-day races came at a price. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew M. Homan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLife in the Slipstream: The Legend of Bobby Walthour Sr. \u003c\/i\u003e(Potomac Books, 2011). His writing has appeared in several cycling magazines, including \u003ci\u003eCycle Sport\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeloton\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRide Cycling Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRoad Bike Action\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVeloNews\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.8 x 5.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468658819325,"sku":"9780803254800","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/ZkRUbFFET1hhZHRpTE02N3pJZmZaZz09.webp?v=1777290836","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/iron-mac-the-legend-of-roughhouse-cyclist-reggie-mcnamara-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}