The Great Bicycle Experiment: The Army's Historic Black Bicycle Corps, 1896-97 by Moore, Kay
	List Price:   $12.00 Unit Price:   $9.60 You Save:   $2.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0878425934 ISBN-13:   9780878425938 Publisher:   Mountain Press Publishing Company Category:   Middle School Pub. Date:   August 2012 Pages:   86 Format:   Paperback Ages:   10 and Up
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Quiz # (Quiz Name): 164522 (Great Bicycle Experiment: The Army's Historic Black Bicycle Corps, 1896-97) Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Middle Grade Point Value: 2.0 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.