- Unknown Binding
- Publisher: NY Ballantine 2001 (2001)
- ASIN: B0039RTRQ4
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (574 customer reviews)
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Charles Howard had the feel of a gigantic onrushing machine: You had to either climb on or leap out of the way. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
Charles Howard had the feel of a gigantic onrushing machine: You had to either climb on or leap out of the way. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Imagery Jumps Off the Page,
This review is from: Seabiscuit (Mass Market Paperback)
Reading "Seabiscuit" made it clear why it became such a successful film. The vividness of the imagery jumps right off the page. It made reading it almost like seeing a movie in my head, very similar to when I read "My Fractured Life" and "The Time Traveler's Wife" (except in this case "Seabiscuit" is already a film). Having not already seen the film, I cannot wait to see it based on the fantastic imagery the book has created in my head (although I can't imagine the film will match the full vividness of the book).
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This review is from: Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Paperback)
I WASN'T interested in horses before, or horse racing, but I still really enjoyed this book. A real page turner, excellently written.
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This review is from: Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Paperback)
I don't know anything about horseracing. I saw the movie, and then this book fell into my hands, and I began it wondering if it would live up to the hype. Of course, it did, and then some. Laura Hillenbrand is a wonderful writer, full of anecdotes and information about the '30s, the depression, and the world of horseracing in those days. The author spends a great deal of time (a quarter or a third of the book) setting the stage, but she does such a wonderful job that you don't mind. When she gets to the spot where things begin to take off, the book is frankly wonderful.I won't tell you anything more about the book, other than to mention that Seabiscuit was the typical underdog (underhorse?) that Americans love to see win, and he didn't dissappoint. I enjoyed this book immensely, and would recommend it to anyone.
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