Seabiscuit
Subtitle: an American legend
By: Laura Hillenbrand
Edition: 1st mass market pbk. ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 453
ISBN-13: 9780345465085
Subjects: Seabiscuit (Race horse); Race horses; Horse racing; Biography
Description: Retraces the journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Random House, c2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-440) and index.
Table of contents: title: Day of the horse is past; title: Lone plainsman; title: Mean, restive, and ragged; title: Cougar and the iceman; title: Boot on one foot, a toe tag on the other; title: Light and shadow; title: Learn your horse; title: Fifteen strides; title: Gravity; title: War Admiral; title: No Pollard, no Seabiscuit; title: All I need is luck; title: Hardball; title: Wise we boys; title: Fortune's fool; title: I know my horse; title: Dingbustingest contest you ever clapped an eye on; title: Deal; title: Second civil war; title: "All four of his legs are broken"; title: Long, hard pull; title: Four good legs between us; title: One hundred grand.