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Seabiscuit [large print] an American legend / Laura Hillenbrand.

Summary:

The author retraces the amazing journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that nevertheless made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, an owner, and a jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0783895267
  • ISBN: 9780783895260
  • Physical Description: 560 pages (large print) ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: [large print]
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : G.K. Hall, 2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Day of the Horse Is Past 17 -- 2. Lone Plainsman 41 -- 3. Mean, Restive, and Ragged 58 -- 4. Cougar and the Iceman 83 -- 5. A Boot on One Foot, a Toe Tag on the Other 106 -- 6. Light and Shadow 131 -- 7. Learn Your Horse 153 -- 8. Fifteen Strides 172 -- 9. Gravity 192 -- 10. War Admiral 212 -- 11. No Pollard, No Seabiscuit 233 -- 12. All I Need Is Luck 258 -- 13. Hardball 277 -- 14. Wise We Boys 298 -- 15. Fortune's Fool 323 -- 16. I Know My Horse 338 -- 17. Dingbustingest Contest You Ever Clapped an Eye On 351 -- 18. Deal 366 -- 19. Second Civil War 384 -- 20. "All Four of His Legs Are Broken" 407 -- 21. A Long, Hard Pull 425 -- 22. Four Good Legs Between Us 434 -- 23. One Hundred Grand 452.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.5 21 68777.
Subject:
Seabiscuit (Race horse), 1933-1947.
Horse racing > United States.
Race horses > United States.
Race horses > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.
Large print books.

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