David Herlihy
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My editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, George Hodgman, has been a wonderful mentor and taskmaster, a font of insights and encouragement. I am also grateful to his able assistants, Sasheem Silkiss-Hero, who offered me guidance early on in the writing, and Johnathan Wilber, who helped bring the project to a timely completion. I am equally indebted to my eagle-eyed copyeditor, Cynthia Buck, who offered numerous helpful suggestions, and to Lisa Glover, who oversaw production and helped implement final edits. I also thank Patrick Barry for his wonderful cover design and Melissa Lotfy and Laura Brady for their excellent design and layout work. Finally, I wish to thank my publicist, Megan Wilson, for her invaluable counsel and promotion.
Many individuals assisted me during the long research phase, including several who had done independent work in a similar vein. I am grateful to Geof Koss, who generously shared his findings, and Gia Aivazian, who introduced me to UCLA's rich Sachtleben collection and freely offered valuable insights. Danette Hein-Schneider, an expert on nineteenth-century missionary life, helped orient and inspire me from the start.
I am indebted to all those who facilitated my research or did research on my behalf. Suzanne Johnston of Pittsburgh uncovered many important details about Lenz's family and early life. Cathy Bagby of the Alton Museum of History and Art showed me the town's life-size statue of Robert Wadlow and Sachtleben's boyhood home. I thank the current owner, Eric Stauffer, for kindly opening its doors to me.
Ed and Linda Reusing of St. Louis, Robert and Joan Taylor of Columbus, Sarah Tracy of Oklahoma City, Paul Rubenson of Baltimore, Jill DiMauro of College Park, Maryland, Glenn and Janci Rau of Austin, Amanda Benson and Anthony Forster of Brentwood, Tennessee, Phil Saunders of London, England, Claude Reynaud of Domazan, France, and Fabio Noferini of Florence, Italy, all hosted me for long stretches, enabling me to conduct research in their localities.
I also received considerable help from abroad. In Germany, Renate Franz uncovered and translated a wealth of useful information. Professor Hans Erhard Lessing helped research Lenz's German roots. Chris Barouxis and Raymond Henry found good information about Allen and Sachtleben's stay in Athens. Yasuyuki Matsushima tracked the travels of Lenz and Thomas Stevens in Japan. Victor Fet brought to my attention an important article in Russian on Allen and Sachtleben and translated it for me. Candan Baden scoured the archives of the Ottoman Empire and unearthed, among other valuable contributions, a transcript describing Alexander W Terrell's meeting with the sultan, Abdul Hamid II, to discuss the Lenz case. Others who helped me pursue, collect, and interpret research from abroad were Antoinette Burton, Norie Lynn Fukuda, Jan Heine, Raymond Henry, Keizo Kobayashi, Anthony Molho, and Rebecca Nickerson.
Many who helped with my research have special ties to the book's main characters. I am especially indebted to John Lenz, the great-grandson of Fred Lenz (the brother of Frank Lenz's stepfather William), who shared two original letters from Frank to Fred as well as dozens of photographs depicting Lenz on his high-wheeler and safety bicycles. John Herron, who inherited the fabulous scrapbook of Charles Petticord, kindly provided another trove of marvelous photographs, mostly taken by Lenz himself during his ill-fated tour. Ann Irvine, granddaughter of the missionary William Chambers, was a huge help. She and her husband, Allen, graciously hosted me in Istanbul. Wink Smith, a great-grandson of John J. Purinton, and his wife, Dorothea, were also extremely accommodating. James L. Judson, whose father, Frank, was Petticord's nephew, unearthed several photographs of interest as well as illuminating documents. Relna Wolfe freely shared her memories of William Sachtleben, whom she met in Columbus in the early 1950s. Her daughters, Jane Wolfe and Mary Crall, were also very helpful.
Here is a partial list of other individuals who provided helpful information about key characters in the book:
Robert Bruce: Ronald Bruce, John Burdick, and C. Don Weston
William Nesbitt Chambers: Robert Chambers
Ned and Charles Friesell: Sandra Friesell
Theodore P. Langhans: Bob Luthultz and Henry Thompson
Frank Lenz: Ed Berry Jr.
W. Nelson Lovatt: Dorothy Gilette and Wayne K. Patterson
Winifred Manatt: Heidi Cavaganaro
Warren T. McClarren: Ralph Gordon McClarren
John C. Mechlin: Jean Overly
Albert H. Overman: Joyce Bowman and Cynthia Sonntag
William W. Peet: Cay Peet
Charles H. Petticord: Judd Lacko
William L. Sachtleben: Carolyn Bening, Scott Sachtleben, and Earl Sachtleben
Alexander Watkins Terrell: Lewis L. Gould
William S. Vanneman: William Higdon
William Whipple: Dr. Samir Johna and Dr. John M. Howard
James Henry Worman: Phil Knowles and William McHone
Among the archivists, librarians, and museum professionals who were especially helpful were: John Cahoon of the Seaver Center; Amy Casamassa of the K. Ross Toole Archives; Joan Duffy of Yale Divinity Library; Simon Elliott of UCLA Special Collections; Lauren Uhl and David Grinnell of the Heinz History Center; Daniel Hope of Bowdoin College; Mary McAndrew of Knox College; Kristin Miller of the American Bible Society; Wendy Pflug of the University of Pittsburgh Archives; Sonya Rooney and Miranda Rechtenwald of the Washington University Archives; Seth A. Smith of the State Historical Society of Missouri; and Jen Teleja of Saint George's Academy. I would also like to thank Nadine Besse, Anne Henry, and Blandine Fond of the Musée d'Art et d'Industrie of Saint-Étienne, France; Brian Johnson of the ABCFM, Istanbul; Paul Smith of the Thomas Cook Archives, Peterborough, England; and Gabriele Wüst of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
I enjoyed expert help amassing and digesting all this research. Professor Elizabeth Thompson, an old college friend, and her colleague Sabri Ates generously shared their knowledge of Ottoman Turkey. Roseanne Freese and Jim Butterworth helped me with Chinese matters, and Professor Thomas Ricks advised me on Qajar Persia.
For additional illustrations, I am indebted to Chris Barbour and his assistant Xu Cheng, who scanned numerous images from original Outing issues held by Tufts University, and to John Weiss and Lorne Shields, who provided delightful images from their fabulous collections of bicycle-related photographs.
I am grateful to Gary Sanderson of the Wheelmen for his attentive reading of the manuscript and for his many helpful suggestions. I would also like to thank all those who have helped and inspired me to delve into bicycle history over the years, including fellow Wheelmen, members of the Veteran-Cycle Club of the United Kingdom, and participants in the International Cycle History conferences.
To all these people, and to many others I have neglected to credit, I am deeply indebted. Without their collective help, the compelling stories of Lenz and Sachtleben might have remained untold.
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Photo Credits
All photos by Frank Lenz unless otherwise noted.
Courtesy of John Weiss: Lenz with camera (photographer unknown); Lenz leading Canton Bicycle Club; map of Allen and Sachtleben's route; cycling review Bearings.
Courtesy of John C. Herron.: St. Louis Tournament; Lenz moods; Lenz in Mandarin dress; photographs of Lenz out West, 1892; Lenz aboard Oceanic; photographs of Lenz in Japan; Lenz crossing very narrow bridge; Lenz crossing stone bridge; Lenz in city of temples; Lenz in Agra; Lenz unpacking bicycle parts; Lenz in front of Taj Mahal; Lenz with camels; Lenz at rest; stamped envelope.
Courtesy of John Lenz: Lenz lounging with friends; McClarren, Petticord, and Lenz riding; McClarren, Petticord, and Lenz at Wade Park; photographs of Lenz and Petticord on tour from Pittsburgh to New Orleans; handwritten letter.
Courtesy of the Seaver Center for Western History Research, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Allen and Sachtleben posing in studio (En-rico Resta); Allen and Sachtleben with flag (Thomas Allen/William Sachtleben); Allen and Sachtleben posing in Taiyuan (photographer unknown); calling card; prison at Erzurum (William Sachtleben); contents of Lenz's trunk (William Sachtleben); last known photo of Lenz (Moz
affar al-Din Shah).
Courtesy of the U.S. Patent Office: Illustrations for bicycle bag patent.
Courtesy of George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film: Early Kodak advertisement.
Courtesy of Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Saint Étienne, France: Kodak photographs of the Maison Carrée and Coliseum (Thomas Allen/William Sachtleben).
Courtesy of the Bowdoin College Archives, Brunswick, Maine: Portrait of Serope A. Gürdjian (photographer unknown).
Courtesy of Heidi Cavagnaro: Manatt family (photographer unknown).
Courtesy of the UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, copyright © Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library: Allen and Sachtleben in front of gate to Teheran (photographer unknown); Lenz's trunk (William Sachtleben); Armenians burying dead (William Sachtleben).
Courtesy of the University of Southern California, on behalf of the USC Specialized Libraries and Archival Collections: Sachtleben and Allen with the Los Angeles Bicycling Club (photographer unknown).
Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections, Mansfield Library, the University of Montana, 98-0110: Lenz posing in Missoula, August 1892 (William A. Hoblitzell).
Courtesy of Christopher Barbour, coordinator of Special Collections at Tisch Library, Tufts University, and Xu Cheng: Lenz in front of palace; Outing page with Lenz and Buddha; Lenz using chopsticks; Lenz resting on milestone; "Around the World" graphic.
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library: Lenz cycling past onlookers in China.
Courtesy of Casey Greene and Adventure Cycling: Map of Lenz's route around the world. Map by Casey Greene.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, the Abdul Hamid II Collection: Selamlik ceremony (photographer unknown).
Courtesy of Ann Irvine: Reverend Chambers interviewing local residents (photographer unknown).
Courtesy of Candan Badem: Portrait of Shakir Pasha (photographer unknown).
Courtesy of the Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, the New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations: Portrait of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (W. & D. Downey, London).
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DAVID V. HERLIHY is the author of Bicycle: The History, winner of the 2004 Award for Excellence in the History of Science. A leading authority in his field, he has been interviewed by numerous television, radio, and newspaper personalities in the United States and abroad, and his work has appeared in a wide variety of general-interest and specialty magazines. He is responsible for the naming of a bicycle path in Boston after Pierre Lallement, the original bicycle patentee, and for the installation of a plaque by the New Haven green where the Frenchman introduced Americans to the art of cycling in 1866.
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