Seabiscuit: An American Legend
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Hillenbrand, Laura Author
Published
Random House Publishing Group , 2003.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend. “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 TimesA KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURYSeabiscuit 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.
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Format
eBook
Street Date
07/01/2003
Language
English
ISBN
9780345467393
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hillenbrand, L. (2003). Seabiscuit: An American Legend . Random House Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hillenbrand, Laura. 2003. Seabiscuit: An American Legend. Random House Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hillenbrand, Laura. Seabiscuit: An American Legend Random House Publishing Group, 2003.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Hillenbrand, L. (2003). Seabiscuit: an american legend. Random House Publishing Group.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hillenbrand, Laura. Seabiscuit: An American Legend Random House Publishing Group, 2003.
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