Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse. Laura Hillenbrand

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Название Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse
Автор произведения Laura Hillenbrand
Жанр Биографии и Мемуары
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Издательство Биографии и Мемуары
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9780007374021



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       Copyright

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate in 2014

       First published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate in 2001

      Copyright © Laura Hillenbrand 2001

      PS Section Copyright © Annabel Wright 2007, except ‘The Lure of the Track’ by Laura Hillenbrand © Laura Hillenbrand 2007

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      Laura Hillenbrand asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Cover photographs © Bettman/Corbis; Shutterstock.com (sky and texture). Design by Kate Gaughran

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      Source ISBN: 9781841150925

       Ebook Edition © JANUARY 2014 ISBN: 9780007374021

       Version: 2016-09-08

      From the reviews of Seabiscuit:

      ‘A terrific yarn, beautifully written’

      SIMON BARNES, The Times

      ‘A first-rate piece of storytelling, leaving us not only with a vivid portrait of a horse but with a fascinating slice of American history as well’

      MICHIKO KAKUTANI, New York Times

      ‘A terrific story … Hillenbrand not only ties divergent personalities into a fast-moving narrative but also shows an extraordinary talent for describing a horse race so vividly that the reader feels like the rider’

      RON FIMRITE, Sports Illustrated

      ‘Hillenbrand tells the story of the triumphs and tribulations of her cast of misfits with flair and skill … a rip-roaring narrative’

       Sunday Times

      image Charles Howard, Red Pollard, and Tom Smith(KEENELAND-COOK)

       Dedication

       For Borden

       Epigraph

      “Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.”

      —ERNEST HEMINGWAY, THE SUN ALSO RISES

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Praise

       3. Mean, Restive, and Ragged

       PART II

       7. Learn Your Horse

       8. Fifteen Strides

       9. Gravity

       10. War Admiral

       11. No Pollard, No Seabiscuit

       12. All I Need Is Luck

       13. Hardball

       14. The Wise We Boys

       15. Fortune’s Fool

       16. I Know My Horse

       17. The Dingbustingest Contest You Ever Clapped an Eye On