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Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Laura Hillenbrand (CD)
Title: Seabiscuit: An American Legend Author: Laura Hillenbrand Genre: SPORTS AND GAMES Format: CD.,5 CDs, 7 hrs Synopsis: 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. From the Hardcover edition. Review: Library Journal Who would have thought that a small bay horse built more like a stocky cow pony than a thoroughbred would become one of the most famous race horses in American history and one of the most popular personalities in the Depression-ravaged 1930s? Hillenbrand has done an amazing job of bringing to life all the events that shaped Seabiscuit's racing career. Through diligent research she shows us each of the people who made this "runty little horse" the Cinderella of the race track. Seabiscuit was one of Man O'War's heirs, and though nothing like his grandsire in looks, he surpassed him in speed. But it took three men to get the horse into winning shape: Charles Howard, the owner with a vision; Tom Smith, the trainer who took the time required to understand the horse; and Red Pollard, the jockey who learned what it took to get the most out of his mount. Narrated by Richard M. Davidson, this is an intensely interesting look at life in the 1930s, life at the track, and the life of a legendary racehorse. Sure to be popular in all public libraries. Theresa Connors, Arkansas Tech Univ., Russellville Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.