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Book ReviewsSeabiscuit: An American Legend (G K Hall Large Print Nonfiction Series) |
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Book: Seabiscuit: An American Legend (G K Hall Large Print Nonfiction Series)
Written by: Laura Hillenbrand |
Publisher: G. K. Hall & Company
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Rating:
4 / 5
Seabiscuit, by Luara Hillenbrand, is an absorbing tale of a horse racing legend. The vivid descriptions in the book makes the reader feel like you lived in the 1930's. The book ressurects the drama of horse racing. Hillenbrand has a way with words, in this novel, the reader feels like the jockey participating in the race. The book wasn't just centered around the horse. Those who owned and took care of Seabiscuit were just as interesting as the horse. Personally, I would give this novel two thumbs way up.
Horse Sense
Rating:
5 / 5
A horse is a horse, of course. Unless that horse is something more. Much more. Like Hope. Winning. Success. Beating the Odds. A Second Chance. Being an American. Striking it Rich. Coming from Behind. The underdog that finishes on Top. Seabiscuit. In his time, he was as great a representative, and in many ways a better spokesman, for the eminence of American rugged individualism and perseverance, than some of his less communicative superhero contemporaries such as Lucky Lindy, John D, Joey D, Stan the Man and the Brown Bomber.
Surely a great American icon deserves an equally great biographer. But a big name author would not be in keeping with the spirit of our story. Seabiscuit was a nobody. His greatness was built on adversity, his own and that of his teammates, Pollard, Smith and Howard. So too, it is with Hillenbrand. Before she discovered this remarkable quartet, she too was a sickly, defeated nobody, suffering from severe depression. We may never know for sure what personal demons she needed to exorcise by writing this book. But, her achievement speaks for itself. Thanks to this most unlikely Boswell, it can now be said that Seabiscuit is not only a great horse but also a great biography, an accolade that can not be made for even the grandest of historical subjects from Columbus to Lincoln to Ali.
A Wonderful Read
Rating:
5 / 5
This is the first book that I was able to read after the movie. I enjoyed meeting all the characters especially Tom Smith. I couldn't put it down. I might as well have been there at the races myself. Just wonderful!
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