Seabiscuit (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Laura Hillenbrand
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Biography and history
- Time of Work: 1933-1940
- Setting: Racetracks around the United States, and Tijuana, Mexico
- Principal Characters: Seabiscuit, Charles S. Howard, Johnny “Red” Pollard, Tom Smith
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, 1940’s, 1930’s, Mexico or Mexicans, Horses, Animals, Racing, Mammals
- Locales: United States, Mexico
To those not old enough to remember the Great Depression firsthand, “Seabiscuit” is likely just the name of yet another old-time race horse. He was not just another great horse, though. He was an anomaly, trained by another anomaly, and ridden by yet a third anomaly. It was only the combination of these people and this horse that created this legendary racing career. Racing writer Laura Hillenbrand tells the tale of Seabiscuit and the unusual people around him, but along the way she also gives readers a window into the harsh world of racing in the 1930’s and the national...
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