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Jockey’s during the golden years of racing had the hardest job in sports. The most disturbing parts of the book is Hillenbrand’s look at jockeys.

Personal is how Smith kept his life and for the historian this is the hardest person to write about. She admits how little she knows, he has a son come up but no one knows where he fits in the story or anything about his mother. She examines his odd training methods and his war with the press. He is unlike anyone literature has written about but also someone we know after spending nearly 500 pages with him. These were real people and Hillenbrand took from the words of newspapers and accounts of those that watched it and brought these people back to life. No where is that done better than trainer Tom Smith. Hillenbrand’s strength in this genre isn’t her research, which is extensive, it’s her ability to bring real people to life. and the rivalry with his son, all endear him to the reader. His famous friends, Bing Crosby and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. Howard is a larger character and you can feel his love for life and the spotlight come through her words. But it also tells the story of Charles and Marcela finding a new life in each other and in horse racing. It’s a story of the tragedy of losing a son and the destruction of a marriage after that. There is a story of building and heart break. Hillenbrand in her book looks at the Howard’s (Charles and Marcela) the owners of Seabiscuit. It is also a great read about the roles and personalities of the people around these athletic horses. These races are just the tip of the iceberg of the athleticism within thoroughbred horses. There is so much more to the sport than the Kentucky Derby and the Triple Crown. This book is a fantastic read about the sport of horse racing, especially in it’s golden years. As we have discussed baseball is struggling, boxing is shunted to the side and horse racing is only discussed nationally three times a year (and it usually is talked about in the fashion world more than sporting).īut at one time, horse racing stood side by side with baseball. Then it was baseball, boxing and horse racing. As we prepare to move to another decade it is interesting to note how quickly America’s obsessions change.ĩ0 years ago, in the 1930s, America had the Major 3 in sports as we do today. Some how, within 100 years, this horse and it’s sport have been forgotten. Seabiscuit is the story of the horse that captured the American heart during one of America’s darkest times and the four men who got him there.

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Both of her books have gotten a movie deal and both of those movies have made waves at the Academy Awards. Laura Hillenbrand has gone on to write Unbroken, another well done sports book. Written in 2003, this is still a standard in sports literature.

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