Penny-farthing term and "hi-wheel" (and variants) are preferred by many modern enthusiasts. Following the popularity of the boneshaker, Eugène Meyer, a Frenchman, invented the high-wheeler bicycle design in 1869 and fashioned the wire-spoke tension wheel. Around 1870 English inventor James Starley, described as the father of the bicycle industry, and others, began producing bicycles based on the French boneshaker but with front wheels of increasing size, because larger front wheels, up to in diameter, enabled higher speeds on bicycles limited to direct drive. In 1878, Albert Pope began manufacturing the Columbia bicycle outside Boston, starting their two-decade heyday in America. Although
The Sins of the Father: A Romance of the South had first written a three-act play in 1909, which he turned into a novel published in 1912. The play was first performed on September 21, 1910 at the Academy of Music in Norfolk, Virginia. According to Dixon, after the lead actor was killed by a shark at Wrightsville Beach, off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina, Dixon took over the role and acted in the play for a year. However, biographer Anthony Slide disagrees with this story, suggesting the lead actor was dismissed at the end of that month. The Sins of the Father: A Romance of the South The