A Wheel Within a Wheel: How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle, With Some Reflections by the Way (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Frances Elizabeth Willard

 
9781330558003: A Wheel Within a Wheel: How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle, With Some Reflections by the Way (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Rod through the past and present, a trailblazing narrative of learning to ride and live well. A celebrated reformer and writer shares her journey to learn the bicycle, turning a simple skill into a doorway of independence, resilience, and reflection. This edition highlights how movement, curiosity, and faith shape a life of purpose.

In these pages, the act of learning something new—at any age—becomes a lens for exploring gender norms, community, and personal growth. The author blends humor with spiritual insight, showing how steady practice, patient teachers, and inner courage can transform everyday challenges into enduring insight.




  • Watching barriers fall as a woman takes up a bicycle and finds new freedom.

  • Practical, down‑to‑earth descriptions of balance, momentum, and perseverance.

  • Thoughtful meditations on society, faith, and the power of small victories.

  • Memoir‑style reflections that blend personal experience with broader historical context.



Ideal for readers who enjoy memoirs of personal growth, women's history, and any story about turning obstacles into opportunity.

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Excerpt from A Wheel Within a Wheel: How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle, With Some Reflections by the Way

From my earliest recollections, and up to the ripe age of fifty-three, I had been an active and diligent worker in the world. This sounds absurd; but having almost no toys except such as I could manufacture, my first plays were but the outdoor work of active men and women on a small scale.

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