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Seabiscuit : An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand (2003, Mass Market)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100345465083

ISBN-139780345465085

eBay Product ID (ePID)2565418

Product Key Features

Book TitleSeabiscuit : an American Legend

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

TopicHorse Racing, United States / 20th Century, General

GenreSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorLaura Hillenbrand

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width4.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"Fascinating . . . Vivid . . . A first-rate piece of storytelling, leaving us not only with a vivid portrait of a horse but a fascinating slice of American history as well." The New York Times "Engrossing . . . Fast-moving . . . More than just a horse's tale, because the humans who owned, trained, and rode Seabiscuit are equally fascinating. . . . [Hillenbrand] shows an extraordinary talent for describing a horse race so vividly that the reader feels like the rider." Sports Illustrated "REMARKABLE . . . MEMORABLE . . . JUST AS COMPELLING TODAY AS IT WAS IN 1938." The Washington Post From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal798.4/0092/9

SynopsisSeabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Three men changed Seabiscuit s fortunes: Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the western United States and became an overnight millionaire. When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious mustang breaker from the Colorado plains. Smith urged Howard to buy Seabiscuit for a bargain-basement price, then hired as his jockey Red Pollard, a failed boxer who was blind in one eye, half-crippled, and prone to quoting passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Over four years, these unlikely partners survived a phenomenal run of bad fortune, conspiracy, and severe injury to transform Seabiscuit from a neurotic, pathologically indolent also-ran into an American sports icon. Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race.