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Seabiscuit: An American Legend » (Reprint)
Authors: Laura Hillenbrand
ISBN-13: 9780345465085, ISBN-10: 0345465083
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Date Published: July 2003
Edition: Reprint
Author Biography: Laura Hillenbrand
Though Laura Hillenbrand had been writing about thoroughbred racing since 1988 as a contributing writer/editor for Equus magazine and other publications, it was her riveting 2001 retelling of the super-inspirational Seabiscuit saga that captured the nation's attention.
Book Synopsis
Seabiscuit: An American Legend is the ultimate underdog story.
New York Times - Jim Squires
[T]he story of this ragged-tailed racehorse [is] an allegory for Depression-era America. . . . [Hillenbrand's book] is a flawless trip, with the detail of good history . . . and the charm of grand legend.
Table of Contents
| Preface | 11 | |
| Part I | ||
| 1. | The Day of the Horse Is Past | 17 |
| 2. | The Lone Plainsman | 41 |
| 3. | Mean, Restive, and Ragged | 58 |
| 4. | The Cougar and the Iceman | 83 |
| 5. | A Boot on One Foot, a Toe Tag on the Other | 106 |
| 6. | Light and Shadow | 131 |
| Part II | ||
| 7. | Learn Your Horse | 153 |
| 8. | Fifteen Strides | 172 |
| 9. | Gravity | 192 |
| 10. | War Admiral | 212 |
| 11. | No Pollard, No Seabiscuit | 233 |
| 12. | All I Need Is Luck | 258 |
| 13. | Hardball | 277 |
| 14. | The Wise We Boys | 298 |
| 15. | Fortune's Fool | 323 |
| 16. | I Know My Horse | 338 |
| 17. | The Dingbustingest Contest You Ever Clapped an Eye On | 351 |
| 18. | Deal | 366 |
| 19. | The Second Civil War | 384 |
| Part III | ||
| 20. | "All Four of His Legs Are Broken" | 407 |
| 21. | A Long, Hard Pull | 425 |
| 22. | Four Good Legs Between Us | 434 |
| 23. | One Hundred Grand | 452 |
| Epilogue | 467 | |
| Acknowledgments | 484 | |
| Notes | 497 |
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