Seabiscuit

TheauthorretracestheamazingjourneyofSeabiscuit，ahorsewithcrookedlegsandapathetictailthatneverthelessmaderacinghistoryin1938，thankstotheeffortsofatrainer，anowner，andajockeywhotransformedabottom-levelracehorseintoalegend.75，000firstprinting.，Seabiscuitwasoneofthemostelectrifyingandpopularattractionsinsportshistoryandthesinglebiggestnewsmakerintheworldin1938，receivingmorecoveragethanFDR，Hitler，orMussolini.Buthissuccesswasasurprisetotheracingestablishment，whichhadwrittenoffthecrooked-leggedracehorsewiththesadtail.ThreemenchangedSeabiscuit’sfortunes：CharlesHowardwasaonetimebicyclerepairmanwhointroducedtheautomobiletothewesternUnitedStatesandbecameanovernightmillionaire.Whenheneededatrainerforhisnewracehorses，hehiredTomSmith，amysteriousmustangbreakerfromtheColoradoplains.SmithurgedHowardtobuySeabiscuitforabargain-basementprice，thenhiredashisjockeyRedPollard，afailedboxerwhowasblindinoneeye，half-crippled，andpronetoquotingpassagesfromRalphWaldoEmerson.Overfouryears，theseunlikelypartnerssurvivedaphenomenalrunofbadfortune，conspiracy，andsevereinjurytotransformSeabiscuitfromaneurotic，pathologicallyindolentalso-ranintoanAmericansportsicon.AuthorLauraHillenbrandbrilliantlyre-createsauniversalunderdogstory，onethatproveslifeisahorserace.，TheauthorretracesthejourneyofSeabiscuit，ahorsewithcrookedlegsandapathetictailthatmaderacinghistoryin1938，thankstotheeffortsofatrainer，owner，andjockeywhotransformedabottom-levelracehorseintoalegend.