Do not go by any bookstore shelf or internet seller of books without buying this excellent read. A great job of introducing the characters and developing a real attachment to Seabiscuit. What a cast of truly remarkable people surrounded this magnificant horse throughout his career. If you love animals at all, much less horses, this book will grab your heartstrings and will not let go until the Oak Tree is planted at the end.
Seabiscuit 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.
Even if you have not a shred of interest in horses or horse racing, you will love this book, assuming you have any heart and soul whatsoever. The initial exposition bogs down a little in places, but it's all necessary information. You'll come to love the horse, feel real compassion for the jockey, and just generally have a great read. After you've read it, look for the PBS special on Seabiscuit and see that runty, huge-hearted animal in action.
Seabiscuit: An American Legend Infos
- Hardcover: 399 pages
- Author: Laura Hillenbrand
- ISBN-10: 0375502912
- ISBN-13: 978-0375502910
- Publisher: Random House; 1st edition (March 6, 2001)
- Language: English
- Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.2 x 9.6 inches
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