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.Īuthor Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race. 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. When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious mustang breaker from the Colorado plains. The former editor of Equus magazine retells the riveting story of an unlikely racehorse that became an American obsession during the Depression. Three men changed Seabiscuit’s fortunes:Ĭharles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the western United States and became an overnight millionaire. Laura Hillenbrand author Seabiscuit: An American Legend book Seabiscuit War Admiral Charles Kurtsinger George Woolf characters winning horses horse racing concepts 02 Share Old Pops and I have got four good legs between us. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. 20 of the best book quotes from Seabiscuit: An American Legend 01 Share So long, Charley. 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. The author retraces the journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail.
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