Ballantine Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Shipped fast, good condition! Excellent book. Fast read! Hillenbrand is an incredible story teller. Both of her books are phenomenal reads.

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loved it from the first page to the end

How to turn dreams to reality..impossible to possible amidst all odds..."It is better to break a man's bones than his heart"..."Horses, mister, do you know also have a heart?"..."Don't throw away any life because it is banged up a little bit"..many many other small likeable lessons of life...

I came to this after watching the fine 2003 film version directed by Gary Ross that was based on this book.A marvellously detailed and engrossing book, Hillenbrand does a fine job of contextualising this remarkable story within its time frame; it is not just a study of the lives of three men and a racehorse – it describes the racing industry of the day and it`s place in 1930s America, a whole detailed, panoramic background against which the drama (human and equine) is played out.If anyone had said I would be enthralled by a book about horse-racing I would have laughed, but this is a gripping and utterly mesmeric tale that is both uplifting and hugely informative.A fine work of historical and biographical research and an exemplary piece of writing that entirely engages the reader in it spell – a hugely recommendable book.