Seabiscuit

Author : Laura Hillenbrand
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345467396
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seabiscuit written by Laura Hillenbrand and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #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. 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. BONUS: This edition contains a Seabiscuit discussion guide and an excerpt from Unbroken. Praise for Seabiscuit “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. . . . [Laura 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

Author : Ralph Moody
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803282872
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Come on Seabiscuit! written by Ralph Moody and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Great Depression, Seabiscuit captured the hearts of Americans from the streets to the White House, winning more money than any horse at that time and shattering speed records across the country. Moving and inspirational, "Come on Seabiscuit!" is a reminder of the qualities that make a real American champion.

Author : Mark Dubowski
Publisher : Putnam Juvenile
ISBN 13 : 9780448433424
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Horse Named Seabiscuit written by Mark Dubowski and published by Putnam Juvenile. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Seabiscuit, the famous racehorse who defeated the odds and became a champion of the racetrack.

Author : James Buckley, Jr.
Publisher : Penguin Workshop
ISBN 13 : 0448483092
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Was Seabiscuit? written by James Buckley, Jr. and published by Penguin Workshop. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life and accomplishments of the race horse Seabiscuit, who thrived with a loving jockey and trainer and won the hearts of millions around the country.

Author : John McEvoy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493078968
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seabiscuit Story written by John McEvoy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Seabiscuit Story consists of actual news reports from the 1930s and 1940s, culled from the historic archives of The Blood-Horse magazine. Using firsthand accounts of Seabiscuit’s life and racing career—including his epic head-to-head victory against Triple Crown winner War Admiral—the book tells the amazing rags-to-riches story of this 1930s horse-racing phenomenon. It makes clear why Seabiscuit has been the subject of numerous books and films, including an adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s international bestseller that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. This is you-are-there reporting that brings to life an American legend.

Author : Lawrence Scanlan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429968087
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Horse God Built written by Lawrence Scanlan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Horse God Built tells the amazing and heartwarming story of a Secretariat and the man who knew him best. Most of us know the legend of Secretariat, the tall, handsome chestnut racehorse whose string of honors runs long and rich: the only two-year-old ever to win Horse of the Year, in 1972; winner in 1973 of the Triple Crown, his times in all three races still unsurpassed; featured on the cover of Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated; the only horse listed on ESPN's top fifty athletes of the twentieth century (ahead of Mickey Mantle). His final race at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack is a touchstone memory for horse lovers everywhere. Yet while Secretariat will be remembered forever, one man, Eddie "Shorty" Sweat, who was pivotal to the great horse's success, has been all but forgotten--until now. In The Horse God Built, bestselling equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited. As a young black man growing up in South Carolina, Eddie Sweat struggled at several occupations before settling on the job he was born for--groom to North America's finest racehorses. As Secretariat's groom, loyal friend, and protector, Eddie understood the horse far better than anyone else. A wildly generous man who could read a horse with his eyes, he shared in little of the financial success or glamour of Secretariat's wins on the track, but won the heart of Big Red with his soft words and relentless devotion. In Scanlan's rich narrative, we get a groom's-eye view of the racing world and the vantage of a man who spent every possible moment with the horse he loved, yet who often basked in the horse's glory from the sidelines. More than anything else, The Horse God Built is a moving portrait of the powerful bond between human and horse.

Author : Meghan McCarthy
Publisher : Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN 13 : 9781534495777
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seabiscuit the Wonder Horse written by Meghan McCarthy and published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning nonfiction picture book creator Meghan McCarthy tells the story of how an undersized, crooked-legged horse became one of the greatest racing champions of all time. In the late 1930s, times were tough. The United States was in the middle of the Great Depression, and people were desperate for something to believe in. They found their inspiration in Seabiscuit, a rags-to-riches, crooked-legged, overweight horse who ran more like a duck than a champion. Seabiscuit was the descendent of Man O’ War, one of the greatest racing horses in history but he had yet to win a single race. How did this downtrodden horse come to rise through the ranks and face off against Triple Crown champion, War Admiral? In her trademark easy-to-follow narrative voice, Meghan McCarthy brings the ultimate underdog story to life in this fact-filled picture book.

Author : Gary Ross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seabiscuit written by Gary Ross and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

Author : William H. Nichols
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 160247298X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seabiscuit, the Rest of the Story written by William H. Nichols and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you ever wonder what became of the principle characters after the conclusion of the Seabiscuit book and movie? Seabiscuit, The Rest of the Story, by Bill Nichols, answers that question. It takes the reader on a journey through the rest of the lives of Red Pollard, Charles and Marcela Howard, War Admiral, Tom Smith, George Woolf and the legendary champion Seabiscuit. Additional chapters deal with the descendants of Seabiscuit, the movie, author Laura Hillenbrand, artists who portrayed Seabiscuit, jockeys and Ridgewood Ranch, home of the champion. The author is one of the few surviving people who had a personal connection with the great Seabiscuit and those who were responsible for his success. He worked at Ridgewood Ranch as a teenager. He and his wife of fifty-eight years, Lillian, are the parents of two, Bob and Kathy. The Nichols own and operate Mares' Nest, a well-known Thoroughbred breeding farm in northern California and they are co-breeders of Seabiscuit's most successful racing descendant, Sea Orbit. Bill is on the Board of Directors of The Seabiscuit Heritage Foundation as well as The California Thoroughbred Breeder's Association. His book Seabiscuit, The Rest of the Story, has been described as a 'historically essential book.'

Author : Barbara Howard
Publisher : Seven Locks Press
ISBN 13 : 9781931643283
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters to Seabiscuit written by Barbara Howard and published by Seven Locks Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Seabiscuit as told so eloquently by Laura Hillenbrand in her bestseller Seabiscuit: An American Legend dominated the book scene for two years. Now comes another gift. In 1975, Barbara Howard received from her great aunt Marcela Howard a box of letters from fans written to Seabiscuit and Charles Howard, Marcela's husband and Seabiscuit's owner.