Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse (Stranger Than...)
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Synopsis from Amazon
This is the true story of three men and their dreams for a racehorse - Seabiscuit - which encompasses a pivotal moment in American history: its resurrection from the Depression. In 1936, as Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" was published, the habits of 19th-century America were finally consigned to history. In their place, modern America was born. But what defined this new era? Nothing more than the story of Seabiscuit, a stunted colt with asymmetrical knees that had for two years been hacked around no-good race tracks. Yet, by 1937, Seabiscuit could draw crowds of 60,000 and had more newspaper column inches devoted to him than Mussolini, Hitler or Roosevelt. During an appearance at the Santa Anita Handicap, his popularity peaked. America had gone to the races for the first time since the Depression and fallen in love with a misshapen colt of great character. Now it wanted a winner.
"Seabiscuit" tells the tale of one horse's fluctuating fortunes, and the three men who devoted so much time to the dream: Tom Smith, a former Wild West Showman and Seabiscuit's trainer; Red Pollard, who was abandoned by his poverty stricken family at a race track but became Seabiscuit's rider; and Charles Howard, a pioneer car manufacturer in San Francisco in the 1920s who financed the entire project. These three combined to create the legend of Seabiscuit and epitomise a dream for the emerging new America.
This is the true story of three men and their dreams for a racehorse - Seabiscuit - which encompasses a pivotal moment in American history: its resurrection from the Depression. In 1936, as Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" was published, the habits of 19th-century America were finally consigned to history. In their place, modern America was born. But what defined this new era? Nothing more than the story of Seabiscuit, a stunted colt with asymmetrical knees that had for two years been hacked around no-good race tracks. Yet, by 1937, Seabiscuit could draw crowds of 60,000 and had more newspaper column inches devoted to him than Mussolini, Hitler or Roosevelt. During an appearance at the Santa Anita Handicap, his popularity peaked. America had gone to the races for the first time since the Depression and fallen in love with a misshapen colt of great character. Now it wanted a winner.
"Seabiscuit" tells the tale of one horse's fluctuating fortunes, and the three men who devoted so much time to the dream: Tom Smith, a former Wild West Showman and Seabiscuit's trainer; Red Pollard, who was abandoned by his poverty stricken family at a race track but became Seabiscuit's rider; and Charles Howard, a pioneer car manufacturer in San Francisco in the 1920s who financed the entire project. These three combined to create the legend of Seabiscuit and epitomise a dream for the emerging new America.
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Coffee-1-OBCZ
at Coffee#1, Wellfield Road in Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Thursday, July 31, 2008
Coffee-1-OBCZ at Coffee#1, Wellfield Road in Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Thursday, July 31, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (7/31/2008 UTC) at Coffee#1, Wellfield Road in Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom
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Please write a journal entry letting me know that this book was caught and has found a safe home with you. (It's anonymous, and you don't have to join Bookcrossing to do it.) Then read this book or give it to a friend. Afterwards hopefully, you or your friend will release it again for someone else to find - just like you did.
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I've just picked it up in one of my favourite coffee shops in Cardiff this week & I can't wait to get stuck into it!!
CAUGHT IN CARDIFF GLAMORGAN WALES, UK
CAUGHT IN CARDIFF GLAMORGAN WALES, UK
I picked this up in Coffee#1 in Cardiff. I've had it a while and have only just finished reading it. Really enjoyed it, a good read and even more interesting as it is a true story.
Probably will be re-released in Coffee#1 Wellfield Road.
Probably will be re-released in Coffee#1 Wellfield Road.
